Wrist Joint Flexor Muscles

**Semantic type:** Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

**Definition:** A group of muscles located in the anterior compartment of the forearm that allow plantar flexion of the wrist, as well as other movements of the wrist and fingers. The wrist flexors, including the flexor carpi radialis, palmaris longus, flexor carpi ulnaris, flexor digitorum superficialis, flexor digitorum profundus, and flexor pollicis longus muscles, originate on the medial distal humerus or anterior ulna and radius, and insert into the anterior surfaces of the carpals, metacarpals and phalanges.

**Synonyms:** - WRIST JOINT FLEXOR MUSCLES