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  1. How do hands work? - InformedHealth.org - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK279362
    ... to touch each other (opposable thumb). A separate muscle (the adductor pollicis) is used to pull the thumb towards the ... metacarpus, the muscle that pulls the thumb inwards (adductor pollicis) and two of the lumbrical muscles between fingers. This nerve also picks up sensations ...
  2. GARS1-Associated Axonal Neuropathy - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1242
    ... µV 17 29 ADM = abductor digiti minimi; AH = adductor halluces; APB = abductor pollicis brevis; EDB = extensor digitorum brevis Establishing the Diagnosis ...