Adductor hallucis muscle
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| Adductor hallucis muscle | ||
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| Muscles of the sole of the foot. Third layer. (Oblique head visible at center, and transverse head visible at bottom. | ||
| Latin | musculus adductor hallucis | |
| Gray's | subject #131 493 | |
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| Nerve: | plantar nerve | |
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| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12548332 | |
The Adductor hallucis (Adductor obliquus hallucis) arises by two heads—oblique and transverse.
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[edit] Oblique head
The oblique head is a large, thick, fleshy mass, crossing the foot obliquely and occupying the hollow space under the first second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones.
It arises from the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones, and from the sheath of the tendon of the Peronæus longus, and is inserted, together with the lateral portion of the Flexor hallucis brevis, into the lateral side of the base of the first phalanx of the great toe.
[edit] Transverse head
The transverse head (Transversus pedis) is a narrow, flat fasciculus which arises from the plantar metatarsophalangeal ligaments of the third, fourth, and fifth toes (sometimes only from the third and fourth), and from the transverse ligament of the metatarsus.
It is inserted into the lateral side of the base of the first phalanx of the great toe, its fibers blending with the tendon of insertion of the oblique head.
[edit] Variations
Slips to the base of the first phalanx of the second toe. Opponens hallucis, occasional slips from the adductor to the metatarsal bone of the great toe.
[edit] External links
- LUC adhf
- GPnotebook -946208691
- SUNY Labs 16:st-0403 - oblique head
- SUNY Labs 16:st-0404 - transverse head
- Dictionary at eMedicine Adductor+hallucis
- PTCentral
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