Muscles
There are four muscles that control the little finger: Three intrinsic muscles comprising a group called the hypothenar eminence, and one extrinsic, the extensor digiti minimi:
- hypothenar eminence
- Opponens digiti minimi muscle
- Abductor minimi digiti muscle (adduction from third palmar interossei)
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis (the "longus" is absent in most humans)
- Extensor digiti minimi muscle
- Fourth lumbrical muscle
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