hypothenar

[hahy-poth-uh-nahr, -ner, hahy-puh-thee-ner]

noun

1. the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or situated on the hypothenar.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hypothenar¹

First recorded in 1700–10; hypo- + thenar

Example Sentences

We will first recall that, in man, the palm of the hand is divided into three regions: a median palmar region, which is occupied by the tendons of the flexors of the digits, the lumbricales, and, deeply, by the interosseous muscles; an external region, or thenar eminence, formed by the muscles destined for the movements of the thumb; an internal region, or hypothenar eminence, which contains the muscles proper to the small digit and the palmar cutaneous muscle.

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In the ox and the horse we meet with no vestige of the muscles of the thenar or hypothenar eminences.

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It is supposed that this Musculous piece of Flesh serves with the Hypothenar of the little Finger, to make that which is call'd Diogenes's Cup.

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The two others are the Adductor of the second Toe to the great Toe, and the Abductor of the little Toe, call'd Hypothenar.

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Wasting of the thenar and hypothenar eminences, and filling up of the hollows above and below the anterior annular ligament, render the appearance on the palmar aspect characteristic.

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