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Encyclopedia > Common extensor tendon

The common extensor tendon is a tendon shared by a number of extensor muscles in the forearm. It attaches to the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. A tendon (or fatty) is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone, or muscle to muscle and is designed to withstand tension. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Muscular system. ... // The Human Forearm The forearm is the structure on the upper limb, between the elbow and the wrist. ... Grays illustration of a human femur, a typically recognized bone. ... The humerus is a long bone in the arm or fore-legs (animals) that runs from the shoulder to the elbow. ...


It serves as the origin (in part) for a number of muscles:

The extensor carpi radialis brevis is specific human muscle. ... The Extensor digitorum communis arises from the lateral epicondyle of the humerus, by the common tendon; from the intermuscular septa between it and the adjacent muscles, and from the antibrachial fascia. ... The extensor digiti minimi is a muscle of the forearm that extends the little finger at all joints. ... Extensor carpi ulnaris is a muscle, located in the forearm of humans that acts to extend and adduct the wrist. ...

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