Plantar Foot: Part 2 Flashcards
2nd plantar layer
- 5 muscles (4 lumbricals, quadratus plantae)
- 2 tendons (FDL and FHL)
- All muscles attach to FDL
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius)
- Deep to FDB
- 2 heads (medial and lateral)
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius) origins
- Medial head: medial surface of calcaneus
- Lateral head: trigonum plantare and inferior calcaneus (distal to lateral tubercle)
- Origins separated by long plantar ligament
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius) insertion
- Heads unite
- Insert onto the FDL tendon
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius) blood supply
- Medial and lateral plantar arteries
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius) innervation
- Lateral plantar nerve
Quadratus plantae (flexor accesorius) function
- Redirects line of pull of FDL
- Assists in flexing phalanges
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles)
- 1 is unipennate
- 2,3,4 are bipennate
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles) origins
- 1st: medial side of 1st tendon of FDL (tendon going to 2nd digit)
- 2-4: adjacent tendons (e.g. 3rd lumbrical: medial side of 3rd, lateral side of 2nd; 2nd lumbrical medial side of 2, lateral side of 1)
- Tendons pass distally plantar to the deep transverse metatarsal ligament
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles) insertions
- Medial aspect of extensor wing of the extensor expansion at base of proximal phalanx of digits 2-5
- 1st lumbrical goes to 2nd digit, 2nd lumbrical to 3rd digit…
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles) blood supply
- Respective plantar metatarsal arteries
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles) innervations
- 1st: medial plantar nerve
- 2-4: deep branch of lateral plantar nerve
Lumbricals (lumbricale muscles) function
- Flex MTP joints
- Extend PIP and DIP joints
3rd plantar layer muscles
- FHB
- FDMB
- ADD Hallucis
Flexor hallucis brevis origins
- Lateral head: plantar surface of cuboid and lateral cuneiform
- Medial head: tibialis posterior tendon
Flexor hallucis brevis insertions
- Medial and lateral base of proximal phalanx
- Respective heads invest respective hallux sesamoid bones before phalangeal insertion: medial (tibial) and lateral (fibular)
- Sesamoids
Flexor hallucis brevis blood supply
- 1st plantar metatarsal artery
Flexor hallucis brevis innervation
- Medial plantar nerve
Flexor hallucis brevis function
- Flex (plantarflex) hallux MTP joint
Flexor hallucis brevis sesamoid insertion advantage
- Increase the mechanical advantage of the FHB
- Weight bearing structures and decrease friction
Flexor digiti minimi brevis origin
- Base of 5th metatarsal
- Tendon sheath of fibularis longus
Flexor digiti minimi brevis insertion
- Plantar/lateral aspect of base of proximal phalanx of 5th toe
Flexor digiti minimi brevis bloody supply
- Lateral plantar artery
Flexor digiti minimi brevis innervation
- Superficial branch of lateral plantar nerve
Flexor digiti minimi brevis function
- Flex (plantarflex) 5th digit at MTP joint
Adductor hallucis heads
- Transverse
- Olbique