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Plantar Foot: Part 1 Flashcards

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1st ray

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  • Medial cuneiform

- 1st metatarsal

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2nd ray

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  • Intermediate cuneiform

- 2nd metatarsal

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3rd ray

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  • Lateral cuneiform

- 3rd metatarsal

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4th ray

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  • 4th metatarsal
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5th ray

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  • 5th metatarsal
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Rays of the foot (toe units)

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  • Rays 1-5

- Some consider the phalanges as part of the rays

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Plantar aspect of the foot

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  • Thick skin
  • Thick layer of subcutaneous fat (especially over MTP joints and calcaneus)
  • Supported by septa
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Deep Fascia/Plantar Aponeurosis (Fascia)

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  • Attaches to skin, bone and muscles
  • 3 Bands (slips)
  • Important in Windlass mechanism
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3 bands (slips) of plantar fascia

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  • Medial band
  • Lateral band
  • Central band
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Windlass Mechanism

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  • Plantar fascia simulates a cable attached to the calcaneus and the metatarsophalangeal joints
  • Dorsiflexion during propulsion winds plantar fascia around the head of the metatarsal
  • Winding shortens distance between calcaneus and metatarsals to elevate the medial longitudinal arch
  • PF shortening that results from hallux dorsiflexion is the essence of the windlass mechanism principle
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Plantar fasciitis

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  • Inflammation of the central band at its attachment to medial process of calcaneal tuberosity
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Medial band

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  • Thinnest portion

- Covers abductor hallucis muscle

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Medial band proximal attachment

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  • Medial tubercle of calcaneal tuberosity
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Medial band distal attachment

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  • Not bony
  • Blends with fascia (fascia dorsalis pedis, inferior band of cruciate crural ligament, and central band of plantar fascia)
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Lateral band

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  • Covers abductor digiti minimi and flexor digiti minimi brevis
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Lateral band proximal attachment

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  • Lateral tubercle of calcaneal tuberosity
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Lateral band distal attachment

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  • Deep fascia (fascia dorsalis pedis and central band)

- Styloid process of 5th metatarsal (calcaneometatarsal ligament)

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Central band

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  • Thickest, toughest part of fascia
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Central band proximal attachment

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  • Posterior calcaneal tuberosity
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Central band distal attachment

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  • Divides into 5 bands near the metatarsal bases (one for each metatarsal)
  • At the met heads: divide into superficial and deep layers
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Central band distal attachment of superficial layer

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  • Dermis of skin
  • Longitudinal fibers
  • Transverse fibers
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Transverse metatarsal ligament is formed by

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  • Longitudinal fibers

- Transverse fibers

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Longitudinal fibers (central band superficial layer distal attachment)

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  • Attach to skin in the sulcus between toes and metatarsals
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Transverse fibers (central band superficial layer distal attachment)

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  • Connect the digital bands together at the level of the MTP joints
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Central band distal attachment of deep layer

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  • Splits into medial and lateral slips (attach to bone and blend with flexor sheaths)
  • Medial and lateral base of proximal phalanges of corresponding digit
  • Plantar MTP joint ligaments, plantal plate
  • Deep transverse metatarsal ligament
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The 1st medial slip (central band deep layer)

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  • Attaches to the sesamoid bones at the 1st MTP joint
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Plantar foot layer 1 muscles

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  • Abductor hallucis
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
  • Abductor digiti minimi (quinti)
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Plantar foot layer 2 muscles

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  • Quadratus plantae (flexor accessories)
  • Lumbricals (4 of them)
  • Flexor digitorum longus tendon
  • Flexor hallucis longus tendon
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Plantar foot layer 3 muscles

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  • Adductor hallucis
  • Transverse and oblique heads
  • Flexor hallucis brevis
  • Flexor digitorum brevis
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Plantar foot layer 4 mucsles

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  • Plantar interossei (3 of them)
  • Dorsal interossei (4 of them)
  • Tibialis posterior tendon
  • Fibularis longus tendon
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The muscles of layers 3 and 4 are located

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  • In the forefoot
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The lateral plantar artery/vein/nerve pathway

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  • Pass between layers 1 and 2
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The medial plantar artery/vein/nerve pathway

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  • Pass within layer 1
  • Between abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis
  • Deep to abductor hallucis
  • Some also say between layers 1 and 2
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The arteries are located outside of the nerves

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  • Lateral plantar artery is lateral to the lateral plantar nerve
  • Medial plantar artery is medial to the medial plantar nerve
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Muscular compartments of plantar foot (9)

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  • Medial
  • Lateral
  • Central
  • Interosseous (4)
  • Dorsal
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Medial plantar compartment formed by

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  • Plantar aponeurosis
  • Medial intermuscular septum
  • 1st metatarsal
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Medial plantar compartment contains

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  • Abductor hallucis
  • Flexor hallucis brevis
  • FHL tendon
  • Medial plantar nerve/artery
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Lateral plantar compartment formed by

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  • Plantar aponeurosis
  • Lateral intermuscular septum
  • 5th metatarsal
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Lateral plantar compartment contains

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  • Abductor digiti minimi
  • Flexor digiti minimi
  • Lateral plantar nerve/artery
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Central plantar compartment formed by

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  • Both intermuscular septa
  • Plantar aponeurosis
  • Inferior interosseous fascia
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Subdivisions of central compartment

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  • Separated by fascial layers
  • Superficial central
  • Deep central (adductor)
  • Calcaneal (deep hindfoot)
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Superficial central compartment contains

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  • FDB
  • Lumbricals
  • Tendon of FDL
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Deep central (adductor) compartment contains

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  • Found in the forefoot

- Adductor hallucis

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Calcaneal (deep hindfoot) compartment contains

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  • QP muscle

- Lateral plantar nerve & artery

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Interosseous compartments

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  • Formed by dorsal and plantar interossei (4 separate compartments)
  • Contain associated nerves and vessels
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Dorsal plantar compartment contains

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  • Tendons of extensor muscles
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Intermuscular septum attachment points

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  • Medial: from calcaneus to 1st met head
  • Lateral: from calcaneus to the 5th met head
  • Both attach to other tarsal bones
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Abductor hallucis

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  • Visible/ palpable on medial side of foot

- Forms boundary for porta pedis

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Abductor hallucis origin

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  • Medial tubercle of calcaneal tuberosity
  • Flexor retinaculum
  • Plantar fascia
  • Intermuscular septum
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Abductor hallucis insertion

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  • Medial tubercle base of proximal phalanx of hallux

- Medial sesamoid

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Abductor hallucis blood supply/innervation

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  • Medial plantar artery and nerve
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Abductor hallucis function

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  • Abduct hallux

- Flex (plantarflex) hallux

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Flexor digitorum brevis origin

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  • Medial tubercle of calcaneal tuberosity
  • Plantar aponeurosis
  • Intermuscular septum
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Flexor digitorum brevis insertion

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  • Plantar aspect of bases of middle phalanges 2-5
  • Tendons are plantar to the FDL tendons
  • Split to allow them to pass
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Flexor digitorum brevis blood supply/innervation

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  • Medial plantar artery and nerve
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Flexor digitorum brevis function

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  • Flex digits 2-5 (PIP and MTP joints)
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Abductor digiti minimi (quinti) origin

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  • Medial and lateral tubercles of calcaneal tuberosity
  • Plantar aponeurosis
  • Intermuscular septum
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Abductor digiti minimi (quinti) insertion

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  • Lateral base of proximal phalanx of 5th toe
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Abductor digiti minimi (quinti) blood supply/innervation

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  • Lateral plantar artery and nerve

- Also called inferior calcaneal nerve (Baxters nerve)

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Abductor digiti minim (quinti) function

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  • Abduct 5th toe

- Flex (plantarflex) 5th toe

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