Muscles / Lower legs
Lumbricals (foot)
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Intermediate layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Tendons of flexor digitorum longus
- Insertion
- Medial aspects of the extensor expansions of toes 2-5
- Nerve
- 1st: medial plantar nerve; 2nd-4th: lateral plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Flex the MTP joints and extend the IP joints of toes 2-5
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References (4)
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- 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