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The intrinsic muscles originate at wrist and hand structures.  They can be roughly divided into dorsal and volar muscles.

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Dorsal Instrinsic | Volar Instrinsic | Extrinsic Muscles | Muscle Arrangement | Help | Hand Kinesiology

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