Common flexor tendon

The common flexor tendon is a tendon shared by a number of superficial flexor muscles in the forearm. It attaches to the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

It serves as the origin (in part) for a number of muscles (the superficial muscles of the anterior compartment of the forearm)

• Pronator teres
• Flexor carpi radialis
• Palmaris longus
• Flexor digitorum superficialis
• Flexor carpi ulnaris

See also

• Common extensor tendon

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