Muscular system
Transverse head of adductor hallucis
Caput transversum adductoris hallucis
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Adductor hallucis
DescriptionUnreviewed
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 metatarsals.
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.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Names
- Latin
- Caput transversum adductoris hallucis
- English
- Transverse head of adductor hallucis
- French
- Chef transverse de l'adducteur de l'hallux
- Spanish
- Cabeza transversa del aductor del hállux
- Portuguese
- Cabeça transversal do adutor do hálux