0 relating to the three muscles in the palm of the hand that control the movement of the little finger
It forms the ulnar border of the palm and its spindle-like shape defines the hypothenar eminence of the palm together with the skin, connective tissue, and fat surrounding it.
The hypothenar pad of the hindfoot, located on the sole far from the fingers, is present in the "couesi" group, but absent in the "palustris" group.
Hypothenar hammer syndrome is a vascular occlusion of this region.
The palm consist of two elongated central pads, a hypothenar pad and a thenar pad.
It is one of the three hypothenar muscles that controls the little finger.
They drain into a venous plexus which is situated over the thenar and hypothenar eminences and across the front of the wrist.
