Foot Flashcards
flexor digitorum brevis
action: flex digits 2-5
innervation: medial plantar n
vasculature; medial plantar a
abductor hallucis
action: ADduct 1st digit; support transverse arch
innervation: medial plantar n
vasculature: medial plantar a
abductor digiti minimi
action: ABduct, flex 5th digit
innervation: lateral plantar n
vasculature: lateral plantar a
what are the flex muscles of the foot (level 2)
lubricals 1-4
quadratus plantae
what do the lumbricals do and innervations and vasculature
all action: flex PIP; extend DIP digit 2-4
1st : medial plantar n and a
2-4: lateral plantar n and a
quadratus plantae
action: joins tend of fdl to calcaneus and assists fdl in flexing lat 4 digits
innervation: lateral plantar n
vasculature: lateral plantar a
what are the layer 3 muscles of the foot
flexor hallucis brevis
adductor hallucis (transverse and oblique head)
flexor digiti minimi brevis
adductor hallucis (transverse and oblique head)
action: ADduct 1st digit; support transverse arch
innervation: deep branch of lateral plantar n
vasculature: lateral plantar a
flexor digiti minimi brevis
action: flex proximal phalanx 5th digit
innervation: superficial branch of lateral plantar n
vasculature: lateral plantar a
flexor hallucis brevis
action: flex proximal phalanx 1st digit and protect 1st metatarsal head and tendon of FHL when standing and walking
innervation: medial plantar n
vasculature: medial plantar a
what are the flexors in the 4th layer of the foot
plantar interossei (1-3) dorsal interossei (1-4_
plantar interossei (1-3)
action: ADduct digits 2-4; flex MP
innervation: lateral plantar n
dorsal interossei (1-4)
action: ABduct digits 2-4; flex MP
innervaiton: lateral plantar n
what are the flex muscles of the foot (layer 1)
flexor digitorum brevis
abductor hallucis
abductor digiti minimi
