Are there muscles in the pinky finger?

[Pablo]

Kid's trivia question.

Answer given is "no"....I dunno.

 

[integrare]

I'm looking at my anatomy book and it looks like a bunch of connective tissue and bone. Tendons in the forearm pull the fingers.

 

[buster]

I'd say no.

 

[Gary Allan]

I think not as well. You can't articulate just one digit on your finger. Well, I can ..but only by pulling the "straightening" action in opposition to it. That is, you can't do "last digit cures" naturally ..the finger curls as a unit..as does the base digit and the palm (folding) I'd say that it's one continuous tendon type growth that attaches to muscles in the hand.

Naturally I could be FOS too

 

[GSV]

Do we have a doctor or cannibal in the house?

 

[moribundman]

Google "extrinsic muscles of the hand" and "flexors."

 

[Pablo]

Mori - you really are starting to scare me.

 

[moribundman]

quote:

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Mori - you really are starting to scare me. [Smile]

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Because I'm not a doctor?

 

[Pablo]

No, because MAYBE you are!

 

[moribundman]

Good one, Pablo!

 

[outrun]

I have the privilage of Interning with an Emergency Room MD once a week.

After a brief sit down and book search with him here is what we got:

extensor digitorum

extensor indicis

extensor digiti minimi

I am sure if you go online or to the library you can dig up more on hand anatomy.

As on professor told me millions of years of nature has created the fantastic human hand and foot anatomy.

Certain primates hand anatomy is almost identical too.

 

[Pablo]

Just needing to know.

 

[buster]

Have you been taking those Amsoil vitamins again?

[ September 19, 2004, 01:29 PM: Message edited by: buster ]