See a tendon pop up in the middle of your forearm? That's the palmaris longus — at least it is if you happen to have one. Many don't. Traditionally, statistics indicate that 10–15% of the ...

This is a reliable diagnostic test. Percuss lightly over the flexor retinaculum with a tendon hammer, particularly between the palmaris longus tendon and the flexor carpi radialis tendons. The test is ...

This one is not so much some you have as something you don't. The palmaris longus is a vestigial tendon in the forearm. Its purpose varies in the animal kingdom, some use it to draw back their ...

To investigate the long-term outcome of using autogenous palmaris longus tendon (PLT) sling for correcting congenital ptosis in children. One child had bilateral ptosis and the other children had ...