Muscular system
Lateral head of flexor hallucis brevis
Caput laterale flexoris brevis hallucis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Flexor hallucis brevis
DescriptionUnreviewed
The flexor hallucis brevis divides in front into two portions, which are inserted into the medial and lateral sides of the base of the first phalanx of the great toe, a sesamoid bone being present in each tendon at its insertion.
The medial head of flexor hallucis brevis is blended with the abductor hallucis muscle previous to its insertion; the lateral head of flexor hallucis brevis (sometimes described as the first plantar interosseus) with the adductor hallucis muscle.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Caput laterale flexoris brevis hallucis
- English
- Lateral head of flexor hallucis brevis
- French
- Chef latéral du court fléchisseur de l'hallux
- Spanish
- Cabeza lateral del flexor corto del hállux
- Portuguese
- Cabeça lateral do flexor curto do hálux