Muscles / Lower legs
Flexor digitorum brevis
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Superficial layer
Also called FDB.
Anatomy
- Origin
- Medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity, plantar aponeurosis, intermuscular septa
- Insertion
- Both sides of the middle phalanges of toes 2-5
- Nerve
- Medial plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Flexes toes 2-5 at the PIP joints
- Supports the longitudinal arch
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References (5)
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