_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument and at the origin with
the caput laterale (Fig. 75, _h_) of the triceps. Radial surface with
the extensor longus (_l_) and extensor brevis. Ulnar surface with the
extensor digitorum lateralis (_n_). Inner surface with the supinator
(Fig. 85, _b_) and the extensor pollicis brevis (Fig. 85, _a_).
_Action._--Extensor of the four ulnar digits.
=M. extensor digitorum lateralis= (Fig. 75, _n_). (This corresponds in
position to the extensor digiti quinti proprius of man.)
_Origin_ (Fig. 81, _n_) from the lateral supracondyloid ridge of the
humerus distad of the origin of the extensor communis.
The muscle passes along the ulnar border and dorsal surface of the
forearm between the extensor communis (Fig. 75, _m_) and the extensor
carpi ulnaris (_o_). Near the carpus it ends in a tendon (_n′_), which
divides immediately into three or four (Fig. 84, _b_). These pass
through the groove on the ulnar side of the dorsal surface of the
radius and diverge to the digits lying beneath the extensor communis
tendon.
_Insertion_ (Fig. 84, _b_).--The three tendons on the ulnar side join
the ulnar sides of the tendons of the extensor communis (_a_) at their
insertions. The radial of the four tendons (not always present) joins
the tendon of the extensor indicis (_c_) and may also give a branch to
the radial side of the base of the first phalanx of the third digit.
_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument. Radial border with the
extensor communis digitorum (_m_); ulnar border with the extensor carpi
ulnaris (_o_). Inner surface with the supinator (Fig. 85, _b_) and the
extensor brevis pollicis (Fig. 85, _a_); distad with the extensor
indicis (Fig. 85, _c_).
_Action._--Extensor of the four ulnar digits.
=M. extensor carpi ulnaris= (Fig. 75, _o_).
_Origin._--(1) By a short, broad tendon from the distal portion of the
lateral epicondyle of the humerus (Fig. 81, _o_) distad of the origin of
the extensor lateralis, and (2) by a smaller tendon from the ulna at the
dorsal tip of the semilunar notch (Fig. 86, _e_).
The muscle passes along the ulnar side of the forearm dorsad of the
extensor digitorum lateralis (_n_). It ends near the junction of the
middle and distal thirds of the forearm in a large, flat tendon (_o′_)
which is closely adherent to the ligaments of the wrist and which passes
over the distal end of the ulna to its
_Insertion_ into the tubercle on the ulnar side of the base of the fifth
metacarpal (Fig. 84, _g_).
_Relations._--Outer surface with the integument. Radial (or ventral)
border with the extensor digitorum lateralis (Fig. 75, _n_); ulnar (or
dorsal) border with the flexor profundus digitorum (_q_). Inner surface
with the radius, the extensor indicis (Fig. 85, _c_), and the extensor
pollicis brevis (Fig. 85, _a_).
_Action._--Indicated by its name.
=M. extensor indicis (proprius)= (Fig. 85, _c_; Fig. 75, _p_) (includes
extensor pollicis longus also).
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