M0014477: The common extensor muscle 'excited' by faradisation

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

From January 2026 Wellcome Collection will close at 18.00 on Thursdays.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

Illustration by Duchenne to show when the common extensor muscle is excited by faradisation. The last two phalanges of the middle finger may be extended by faradisation of the interosseous adductor of that finger. Published in Duchenne, G.-B.: <i>Physiologie des mouvements demontree a l'aide de l'experimentation electrique et de l'observation clinique</i>, Paris : Bailliere, 1867. Related images: M0014476, M0014478, M0014479, M0014480, M0014481, M0014482, M0014483, M0014484, M0014485, M0014486, M0014487, M0014488

M0014477: The common extensor muscle 'excited' by faradisation

Licence and re-use