Flexor pollicis longus
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The flexor pollicis longus is one of three forearm muscles that lie in the deep part of the anterior compartment. It is an extrinsic hand muscle responsible for flexion of the thumb at the interphalangeal, metacarpophalangeal, and first carpometacarpal joints, and it also assists in wrist flexion.