Muscles / Lower legs
Flexor hallucis brevis
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Deep layer
Also called FHB.
Anatomy
- Origin
- Plantar surfaces of the cuboid and lateral cuneiform
- Insertion
- Both sides of the base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe (via the sesamoids)
- Nerve
- Medial plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Flexes the proximal phalanx of the great toe
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Notes
- Its tendons contain the hallux sesamoids (sesamoiditis).
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e