Muscles / Lower legs
Dorsal interossei (foot)
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Adjacent sides of metatarsals 1-5 (bipennate)
- Insertion
- 1st: medial base of the proximal phalanx of toe 2; 2nd-4th: lateral bases of toes 2-4
- Nerve
- Lateral plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Abduct toes 2-4 from the axis of the 2nd toe ("DAB")
- Flex the MTP joints
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References (4)
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- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e