Extensor Digiti Minimi

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Extensor Digiti Minimi is a long slender skeletal muscle situated in the posterior compartment of the forearm. It lies between Extensor Digitorum and Extensor Carpi Ulnaris. The antagonist of this muscle is Flexor Digiti Minimi muscle. It is usually fused with Extensor Digitorum muscle.

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It originates from the common extensor origin

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