Plantar Surface of the Foot Flashcards
Name the bones of the foot
Describe the deep fascia of the plantar surface.
- Thick central portion
- Weaker medially and laterally
What forms the superficial ligament of the plantar aponeurosis?
Central portion of deep fascia
What is the proximal attachment of the plantar aponeurosis?
Calcaneous
How many bands does the plantar aponeurosis divide into distally?
5 bands
What are the 5 bands of the distal plantar aponeurosis continuous with?
Fibrous digital sheaths
What are the muscles of the dorsum of the foot?
- Extensor digitorum brevis
- Extensor hallucis brevis
What is in the lateral compartment of the foot?
- Abductor digit minimi
- Flexor digiti minimi brevis
What is in the central compartment of the foot?
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Muscles associated with tendon of FDL
- Adductor hallucis
What is in the medial compartment of the foot?
- Abductor hallucis
- Flexor hallucis brevis
What is muscle 1?
Abductor hallucis
What is the origin and insertion of the abductor hallucis
Origin = Medial tubercle of calcaneus; flexor retinaculum
Insertion = Medial base proximal phalanx
What innervates the abductor hallucis?
Medial plantar nerve (S1-3)
What is muscle 2?
Flexor digitorum brevis
What is the origin and insertion of the flexor digitorum brevis?
Origin = medial tubercle of calcaneous
Insertion = middle phalanges of lateral 4 toes
What innervates the flexor digitorum brevis?
Medial plantar nerve (S1,2)