Ankle and Foot Flashcards
What muscles are in the first layer of the foot?
Flexor digitorum brevis
Abductor Hallucis
Abductor Digiti Minimi
What are the common spinal cord segments and innervation for Abductor Digiti Minimi?
S1-S2
Lateral Plantar N
What are the general actions of the first layer of the foot?
Flex and Abduct the toes
What are the attachments of Abductor Digiti Minimi?
From calcaneal tuberosity to lateral side of proximal phalangeal base of 5th digit
What are the common spinal segments and innervation of Abductor Hallucis?
L4-S1
Medial Plantar N
What are the attachments of of Abductor Hallucis?
From medial calcaneal tiberosity to medial side of proximal phalangeal base of great toe.
What are the common spinal cord segments and innervation of Flexor Digitorum Brevis?
L4-S1
Medial Plantar N
What are the attachments of Flexor Digitorum Brevis?
From medial process of calcaneal tuberosity to sides of intermediate phalanges of digits 2-5.
What muscles are in the second layer of the foot?
Quadratus Plantae
Lumbricals
What are the common spinal cord segments and innervation of Quadratus Plantae?
S1-2
Lateral Plantar N
What are the attachments of Quadratus Plantae?
From medial surface of calcaneus and lateral process of calcaneal tuberosity to long flexor tendons.
What are the actions of Quadratus Plantae?
Assists Flexor Digitorum Longus
What are the common spinal cord segments and innervation of the lumbricals?
1st: L4-S1 Medial Plantar N
2nd-4th: S1-2 Lateral Plantar N
What are the attachments of the lumbricals?
From tendons of flexor digitorum longus to medial sides of dorsal expansions of digits 2-5
What are the actions of the lumbricals?
Flexes proximal phalanges (MP, and extends IP joints.