Muscles / Lower legs
Opponens digiti minimi (foot)
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Base of the 5th metatarsal and long plantar ligament
- Insertion
- Lateral 5th metatarsal
- Nerve
- Lateral plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Draws the 5th metatarsal plantarly and medially
Also trained by
Notes
- Inconstant; often regarded as a slip of flexor digiti minimi brevis.
References (4)
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- 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