Foot muscles Flashcards
Wha are the actions of the flexor digitorum brevis?
Flexion of lateral 4 toes
What is the innervation of the flexor digitorum brevis?
Medial plantar nerve
What are the attachments of the flexor digitorum brevis?
Calcaneus
Middle phalanges of lateral 4 toes
What are the actions of the abductor hallucis?
Abduct hallux
Extend hallux
What is the blood supply of the abducor hallucis?
Medial plantar artery
What is the innervation of the abductor hallucis?
Medial plantar nerve
What are the attachments of the abductor hallucis?
Calcaneal tuberosity, plantar aponeurosis, flexor retinaculum
1st phalanx of hallux
What are the actions of the adductor digiti minimi?
Adduction of small toe
Flexion of small toe
What is the blood supply of the adductor digiti minimi?
Lateral plantar
What is the innervation of the adductor digiti minimi
Lateral plantar nerve
What are the attachments of the adductor digiti minimi?
Plantar aponeurosis
5th toe phalanges
What is the action of the quadrates plantae?
Flexion of DIP joints
What is the innervation of the quadrates plantae?
Lateral plantar nerve
What are the attachments of the quadrates plantae?
Calcaneus, long plantar ligament
Tendons of flexor digitorum longus
What are the actions of the lumbricals?
Flexion of MTP
Extension of ITP