Match the following muscle actions:

A) Extensor pollicis longus and brevis
B) Flexor carpi ulnaris
C) Extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
D) Flexor digitorum profundus

1) Flexes the wrist.
2) Slow-acting finger flexor.
3)Powerful wrist flexors that also stabilize the wrist during finger extension.
4) Extends and abducts the wrist.
5) Extends the thumb.


1) B) Flexor carpi ulnaris
2) D) Flexor digitorum profundus
3) B) Flexor carpi ulnaris
4) C) Extensor carpi radialis longus and brevis
5) A) Extensor pollicis longus and brevis

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