Foot muscles

Question 1

Wha are the actions of the flexor digitorum brevis?

Answer 1

Flexion of lateral 4 toes

Question 2

What is the innervation of the flexor digitorum brevis?

Answer 2

Medial plantar nerve

Question 3

What are the attachments of the flexor digitorum brevis?

Answer 3

Calcaneus

Middle phalanges of lateral 4 toes

Question 4

What are the actions of the abductor hallucis?

Answer 4

Abduct hallux

Extend hallux

Question 5

What is the blood supply of the abducor hallucis?

Answer 5

Medial plantar artery

Question 6

What is the innervation of the abductor hallucis?

Answer 6

Medial plantar nerve

Question 7

What are the attachments of the abductor hallucis?

Answer 7

Calcaneal tuberosity, plantar aponeurosis, flexor retinaculum
1st phalanx of hallux

Question 8

What are the actions of the adductor digiti minimi?

Answer 8

Adduction of small toe

Flexion of small toe

Question 9

What is the blood supply of the adductor digiti minimi?

Answer 9

Lateral plantar

Question 10

What is the innervation of the adductor digiti minimi

Answer 10

Lateral plantar nerve

Question 11

What are the attachments of the adductor digiti minimi?

Answer 11

Plantar aponeurosis

5th toe phalanges

Question 12

What is the action of the quadrates plantae?

Answer 12

Flexion of DIP joints

Question 13

What is the innervation of the quadrates plantae?

Answer 13

Lateral plantar nerve

Question 14

What are the attachments of the quadrates plantae?

Answer 14

Calcaneus, long plantar ligament

Tendons of flexor digitorum longus

Question 15

What are the actions of the lumbricals?

Answer 15

Flexion of MTP

Extension of ITP

Question 16

What is the blood supply of lumbricals?

Answer 16

Medial and lateral plantar arteries

Question 17

What is the innervation of the lumbricals?

Answer 17

Medial and lateral plantar nerves

Question 18

What are the attachments of the lumbricals?

Answer 18

Medial border of long flexor tendons

Phalanges and extensor tendons of lateral 4 toes

Question 19

What is the action of the flexor hallucis brevis?

Answer 19

Flex hallux

Question 20

What is the innervation of the flexor hallucis brevis?

Answer 20

Medial plantar nerve

Question 21

What is the action of the flexor digiti minimi brevis?

Answer 21

Flexion of 5th toe

Question 22

What is the innervation of the flexor digiti minimi brevis?

Answer 22

Lateral plantar nerve

Question 23

What are the attachment of the flexor digiti minimi brevis?

Answer 23

5th metatarsal

1st phalanx of 5th toe

Question 24

What are the actions of the adductor hallucis?

Answer 24

Adduction

Extension

Question 25

What is the blood supply of the adductor hallucis?

Answer 25

Lateral plantar

Question 26

What is the innervation of the adductor hallucis?

Answer 26

Lateral plantar

Question 27

What are the attachments of he adductor hallucis?

Answer 27

Oblique head- proximal ends of middle 3 metatarsals Transverse head- MTP ligaments of lateral 3 toes Base of 1st phalanx of hallux

Question 28

What is the action of the plantar interossei?

Answer 28

Adduction middle 3 toes

Question 29

What is the blood supply of the plantar interossei?

Answer 29

Plantar artery

Question 30

What is the innervation of the plantar interossei?

Answer 30

Lateral plantar nerve

Question 31

What are the attachments of the plantar interossei?

Answer 31

Metatarsals, long plantar ligament | Proximal phalanges of 2nd to 5th toes

Question 32

What is the action of the dorsal interossei?

Answer 32

Abduction of middle 3 toes

Question 33

What is the innervation of the dorsal interossei?

Answer 33

Lateral pantar nerve

Question 34

What are the attachments of the dorsal interossei?

Answer 34

Metatarsals | Proximal phalanges