Adductor hallucis muscle :- Muscle details :- arises by two heads—oblique and transverse and is responsible for adducting the big toe. Origin :- it arises by two heads :- – the oblique head is large and arises from the bases of the 2nd , 3rd and 4th metatarsals and from… Continue reading
Abductor digiti minimi muscle :- Muscle details :- a muscle which lies along the lateral (outer) border of the foot . Origin :- medial and lateral tubercles of calcaneum .– lateral intermuscular septum and – deep fascia covering it . Insertion :- the tendon fuses with the tendon of the… Continue reading
Flexor hallucis brevis muscle :- Muscle details :- a muscle of the foot that flexes the big toe. Origin :- Plantar aspect of the cuneiformis, Plantar calcaneocuboid ligament, long plantar ligament . Insertion :- Medial Head: Medial sesamoid bone of the metatarsophalangeal joint, proximal phalanx of great toe. Lateral head:… Continue reading
Lumbricals muscle :- Muscle details :- there are four of them , numbered fron medial to lateral side . Origin :- they arise from the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus . the first lumbrical is unipennate and the other are bipennate . Insertion :- their tendons pass forward on… Continue reading
Flexor digitorum muscle :- muscle details :- it is so called because it is accessory to the fexor digitorum longus . Origin :- it arises by two heads .-medial head is large and fleshy ; it arise from ahe medial concave sueface of the calcaneum and from its medial tubercle… Continue reading
abductor hallucis muscle :- muscle details :- an intrinsic muscle of the foot. It participates in the abduction and flexion of the great toe. origin :- Medial process of calcaneal tuberosity, Plantar aponeurosis, Flexor retinaculum . Insertion :- Medial aspect of base of 1st phalanx of hallux . Nerve :-… Continue reading
Flexor digitorum brevis muscle :- Muscle detailos :- in the middle of the sole of the foot, immediately above the central part of the plantar aponeurosis, with which it is firmly united. Origin :- Calcaneus . Insertion :- Middle phalanges of toe 2-5 . Nerve :- Medial plantar nerve …. Continue reading
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Plantaris muscle :- Muscle details :- one of the superficial muscles of the superficial posterior compartment of the leg, one of the fascial compartments of the leg. Origin :- Lateral supracondylar ridge of femur above lateral head of gastrocnemius . Insertion :- endo calcaneus (medial side, deep to gastrocnemius tendon)… Continue reading
soleus muscle :- muscle details :- a powerful muscle in the back part of the lower leg (the calf). It runs from just below the knee to the heel, and is involved in standing and walking. origin :- fibula, medial border of tibia (soleal line) . Insertion :- calcaneus …. Continue reading