Place the palm of your hand on the medial epicondyle and extend your thumb and fingers down the forearm. They represent each of the five muscles that arise from this common tendon and point to their attachement sites.
  1. pronator teres
  2. flexor carpi radialis
  3. palmaris longus (if you have one)
  4. flexor digitorum superficialis
  5. flexor carpi ulnaris


John A. McNulty, Ph.D.
Last Updated: Mar 3, 1998
Created: Dec 30, 1996