Muscles / Lower legs
Plantar interossei
- Lower legs
- Foot
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Bases and medial sides of metatarsals 3-5
- Insertion
- Medial bases of the proximal phalanges of toes 3-5
- Nerve
- Lateral plantar nerve (S2-S3)
Actions
- Adduct toes 3-5 toward the 2nd toe ("PAD")
- 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