POSTERIOR ANNULARIS
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An external, interosseous muscle, which arises from the corresponding sides of the metacarpal bones of the ring-finger and little finger, and is inserted into the inside of the tendon on the back of the ring-finger. Its use is to draw the ring-finger inwards.
By Robley Dunglison
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