See Also: extensor muscle of little finger(medicine)
tropical medicine(medicine)
tropical medicine(encyclopedia)
Extensor muscle(health)
extensor muscle of fingers(medicine)
index extensor muscle(medicine)
abductor muscle of little finger(medicine)
opposer muscle of little finger(medicine)
short extensor muscle of thumb(medicine)
short extensor muscle of great toe(medicine)

tropical pyomyositis (medicine) and extensor muscle of little finger (medicine)


tropical pyomyositis (medicine)


tropical pyomyositis -->
myositis purulenta tropica


A disease observed in Samoa and in tropical Africa, marked by pains in the extremities, fever of a remittent or intermittent type, and abscesses in the muscles in various parts of the body (may result in death from sepsis); causative organisms are Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, but usually the disease is associated with parasitic infections.

Synonym: bungpagga, lambo lambo, tropical myositis, tropical pyomyositis.


extensor muscle of little finger (medicine)


extensor muscle of little finger -->
extensor digiti minimi
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, lateral epicondyle of humerus; insertion, dorsum of proximal, middle, and distal phalanges of little finger; action, extends fingers; nerve supply, radial (posterior interosseous).

Synonym: musculus extensor digiti minimi, extensor muscle of little finger, musculus extensor digiti quinti proprius, musculus extensor minimi digiti.