FLEXOR LONGUS POLLICIS MANUS
\flˈɛksə lˈɒŋɡəs pˈɒlɪsˌɪs mˈanəs], \flˈɛksə lˈɒŋɡəs pˈɒlɪsˌɪs mˈanəs], \f_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə l_ˈɒ_ŋ_ɡ_ə_s p_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_s m_ˈa_n_ə_s]\
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Situate at the anterior and profound part of the forearm. It arises from the upper three quarters of the anterior surface of the radius and interosseous ligament, and is inserted, by a tendon, into the anterior surface of the last phalanx of the thumb. It bends the second phalanx of the thumb on the first; the first on the corresponding metacarpal bone, and this upon the radius. It can, also, bend the hand on the forearm.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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