On the flexor side, the FDP and FDS enter the metacarpal pulley at the level of the volar plate, and extends to the palmar surface of the distal phalanx. FDS splits into tow slips before being perforated by the FDP tendon


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Lorie Richards and Janice Loudon, University of Kansas Medical Center, School of Allied Health,
Occupational and Physical Therapy Education, October 1997