Just discovered I only have 1 Palmaris longus muscle. Do you have 2?

[Pamelaaaaa]

How on earth have I got to my mid 30s and never noticed this before? I only know now because it was pointed out to me!

Put your thumb and little finger together and flex your wrist slightly towards you. See the long, hard thing sticking out from your wrist going down your arm? That's it! Some people don't have it at all and some seemingly only have 1. I just can't believe I've never noticed I only had 1 before now.

If you have no idea what I'm on about google it and you'll know from the pics. Quite a fascinating little muscle and what they can use it for if necessary during surgery on the rest of your body.

[DrWAnker]

Oh I love random facts like this!
I think I have 2 but one is thick and one is thin .

[Pamelaaaaa]

Ooo it gets weirder! It's my left that has it too, not my right, yet I'm right handed.

[Disfordarkchocolate]

Two here. Have you been watching Only Connect?

[Pamelaaaaa]

Only connect?? No but I'm off to Google it.

[ScrambledSmegs]

I'm pretty sure I have 2. I can see one clearly, the other is quite hard to see but I can feel it.

[BurtonHouse]

Ooh I've got one on my right but not my left. How have I lived this long and never noticed??

[Prettybluepigeons]

One here

[Howmanysleepsnow]

I have 2 equal on the left, and 2 on the right if I feel for it, but one is much smaller.

[mamapants]

I don't think I have one.

[Doyouthinktheysaurus]

I've got one on my left but not my right.

Can't believe I have never noticed before😳

[ScrambledSmegs]

Ooh I just flexed and twisted my left wrist and it popped out! How funny. It was practically invisible before.

[Imissmoominmama]

I have two!

[BlackAmericanoNoSugar]

Nothing at all sticking out on either arm. I’m going to accost DH or one of the DC and check them out.

I can bend my little finger independently of my ring finger, but only on my left hand.

[user127819]

Apparently 14% of people don't have one?

[TimeStoleMyYouth]

I have two!

[Prokupatuscrakedatus]

Two on my left and one on my right.
Didn't even know they / it had a name!

[Pamelaaaaa]

All these weirdos with missing muscles that had no idea
And what's with some of you saying you have 2 in one arm?? Maybe that's why some of us don't have both

[TheSpottedZebra]

2 here, I am very symmetrical in the palmaris longus department.
Shame my face isn't -i am soooo unsymmetrical and therefore un-photogenic in the face department.

[goose1964]

I have one on each arm, but the one on the right seems to be a J shape

[BrennieGirl]

I don’t have any. I discovered this after injuring my hand a few years ago. The surgeon wanted to use the tendon to help repair my hand but couldn’t.

Apparently it’s a throwback to when we were all swinging in trees. So people without it are more evolved. That’s what I like to think anyway 🤪.

[KrakowDawn]

I have one on each arm. Is there a chance the other is hidden behind some other muscle/sinew/bone etc and doesn't show?
How can people have a different number of them.

[Catiopea]

I’ve two on each arm, like Brennie says about her surgeon they are apparently handy as ‘spare parts’ pretty sure it was QI or OC that I heard about them on too.

[TaxTheRatFarms]

I have this! But I think I’m genuinely really unevolved as I have really long grippy toes (for climbing trees, like my palmaris longus muscle!) and my ear visibly twitches if there’s a loud bang beside or behind me. Also I’m quite short with long arms and legs and pretty hairy so if you dropped me in a chimp colony they’d just be like “alright Dave” and accept me as one of their own.

Please tell me I’m not alone??

[DivGirl]

Eh, you probably just don't have either of them. They allow us to retract our claws, except we don't have claws so you're not missing out on much.

Feel free to use it as a fun fact at office "icebreakers".

[megletthesecond]

Two in both hands.

I can still do monkey bars at the age of 46 🐒. You might be right @brenniegirl