See Also: opponens(medicine)
opponens(dictionary)
opponens pollicis(medicine)
musculus opponens pollicis(medicine)
opponens digiti minimi(medicine)
musculus opponens digiti quinti(medicine)
musculus opponens minimi digiti(medicine)

wax 1, noun (oh) and opponens (medicine)


wax 1, noun (oh)



flame, wax, wick
[Language: Old English; Origin: weax]
a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make candles, polish etc
::wax crayons
a natural sticky substance in your ears
-see also beeswax

opponens (medicine)


opponens


A name given to several muscles of the fingers or toes, by the action of which these digits are opposed to the others. The opponens muscles of the hands act at the carpometacarpal joints, cupping the palm; this enables flexion at the metacarpophalangeal joints to oppose the thumb to the small finger or vice versa. Although comparable muscles in the foot are called "opponens" no opposition occurs in the foot.

Origin: L. Op-pono (obp-), pres. P. -ens, to place against, oppose