Indian Journal of Applied Basic Medical Sciences
Open Access
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 12a
  • Issue: 14

The digastric palmaris longus: A case report

  • Author:
  • JP Patel1, RK Shah2, AB Nirvan3, SD Kanani4

1Associate Professor in Anatomy, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad

2Jr. Lecturer in Anatomy, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad

3Assistant Professor in Anatomy, B. J. Medical college, Ahmedabad

4Resident Doctor (Anatomy), Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad

Online published on 20 August, 2012.

Abstract

Palmaris Longus is a small vestigial and slender muscle that arises from the medial epicondyle and from adjacent intermuscular septa. The muscle passes anterior to the flexor retinaculum and is inserted to the flexor retinaculum and palmer aponeurosis often giving a tendinous slip to thenar muscles (2,3,5). The muscle is characterized by its short belly and long tendon (2).