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MOMENTUMWELLNESS

Muscle group · Hand

Hypothenar muscles

Reviewed by Dr. Ryan Rietz, D.P.T. and Dr. John Breyman, D.C.

The small muscles forming the mound on the little-finger side of the palm, which abduct, flex and rotate the fifth finger and help the palm cup around an object.

Also known as

  • hypothenar eminence
  • ball of the little finger