FLEXOR PROFUNDUS PERFORANS
\flˈɛksə pɹəfˈʌndəs pˈɜːfɔːɹənz], \flˈɛksə pɹəfˈʌndəs pˈɜːfɔːɹənz], \f_l_ˈɛ_k_s_ə p_ɹ_ə_f_ˈʌ_n_d_ə_s p_ˈɜː_f_ɔː_ɹ_ə_n_z]\
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A thick, flat, long muscle, seated beneath the Flexor sublimis perforatus. Its upper extremity is simple, and arises from the anterior surface of the ulna and from the interosseus ligament. Its inferior extremity terminates by four tendons, which, after having passed through slits in the sublimis, are inserted into the anterior surface of the last phalanges of the four fingers. It bends the third phalanges on the second, and, in other respects has the same use as the flexor sublimis perforatus.
By Robley Dunglison
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