Flexor tubercle
Tuberculum flexorium
- Related terms: Flexor tubercle of distal phalanx of the hand
Definition
The flexor tubercle in carnivores is a rounded, broad, low tubercle on the palmar side of distal phalanx that serves of the insertion of tendon the flexor digitorum profundus.
References
Text by Antoine Micheau, MD - Copyright IMAIOS
