what does the word brevis mean when referring to a muscle?
Minimi comes from Minimus meaning âleast or smallestâ. Brevis means âshortâ. So from Flexor digiti minimi brevis, we have the following words: bender, finger, smallest, short. In English, this means âshort smallest finger benderâ. This can be adjusted to âthe short muscle that bends the little fingerâ.