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Plantar Foot (Region 5)
Origin, Insertion, Action, Nerve, Blood
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Anatomy
Graduate
06/20/2010

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Term
Name layer 1 of foot plantar muscles...
Definition

1. Abductor hallucis

2. Abductor digiti minimi

3. Flexor digitorum brevis

Term
Abductor hallucis
Definition

O: calcaneal tuberosity

 

I: base of proximal phalanx of big toe (medial plantar side)

 

A: ABduction of big toe

 

N: medial plantar nerve

 

B: medial plantar artery

Term
Abductor digiti minimi
Definition

O: calcaneal tuberosity

 

I: base of proximal phalanx of little toe (lateral plantar side)

 

A: ABduction of little toe

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: lateral plantar artery

Term
Flexor digitorum brevis
Definition

O: calcaneal tuberosity

 

I: base of middle phalanges of toes 2-5 (tendon splits at insertion)

 

A: flexion of toes 2-5

 

N: medial plantar nerve

 

B: medial & lateral plantar arteries

Term
Name layer 2 of foot plantar muscles...
Definition

1. Quadratus plantae

2. Lumbricals

Term
Quadratus plantae
Definition

O: medial & lateral calcaneus

 

I: flexor digitorum longus tendon (lateral margin)

 

A: flexion of distal phalanges 2-5

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: medial & lateral plantar arteries

Term
Lumbricals
Definition

O: medial aspect of FDL tendon to 2nd toe (1st);

two heads b/w tendons of flexor digitorum longus (2-4)

 

I: base of proximal phalanges of toes 2-5 (medial side)

 

A: flexion & extension of toes 2-5

 

N: medial plantar nerve (1st);

lateral plantar nerve (2-4)

 

B: medial plantar artery (1st);

lateral plantar artery (2-4)

Term
Name layer 3 of foot plantar muscles...
Definition

1. Flexor hallucis brevis

2. Flexor digiti minimi

3. Adductor hallucis

Term
Flexor hallucis brevis
Definition

O: cuboid & lateral cuneiform

 

I: base of proximal phalanx of big toe (medial & lat. sides)

 

A: flexion of big toe

 

N: medial plantar nerve

 

B: medial plantar artery

Term
Flexor digiti minimi
Definition

O: base of 5th metatarsal & distal tendon of peroneus longus

 

I: base of proximal phalanx of little toe

 

A: flexion of little toe

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: lateral plantar artery

Term
Adductor hallucis
Definition

O: base of metatarsals 2-4 & distal tendon of peroneus longus (oblique head);

deep transverse metatarsal ligament & plantar ligaments at MTP joints (transverse head)

 

I: base of proximal phalanx of big toe

 

A: adduction of big toe

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: lateral plantar artery

Term
Name layer 4 of foot plantar muscles...
Definition

1. Plantar interossei

2. Dorsal interossei

Term
Plantar interossei
Definition

O: medial aspect of metatarsals 3-5 (each muscle has a single head)

 

I: medial aspect of base of proximal phalanx of same ray

 

A: adduction of toes 3-5

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: lateral plantar artery

Term
Dorsal interossei
Definition

O: from both metatarsals b/w which they lie

 

I: medial side of 2nd proximal phalanx (1st);

lateral side of 2nd-4th proximal phalanges (2-4)

 

A: ABduction of toes 2-4

 

N: lateral plantar nerve

 

B: lateral plantar artery

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