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which muscle allows the thumb to be drawn across the palm to touch the tip of...

which muscle allows the thumb to be drawn across the palm to touch the tip of any finger?

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Opponens pollicis is the muscle which flexes the metacarpal bone and aid in thumb reaching the tips of other fingers.... .it is innervated by median nerve

Sydney Mullin answered 2 years ago
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