Flexor Hallucis Brevis

Description:[edit | edit source]

Flexor hallucis brevis is one of the third layer (of four layers) of plantar muscles. It is located adjacent to the plantar surface of the 1st metatarsal.

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Lateral part of the muscle is originated medically to the cuboid bone and laterally to the cuneiform bone.

Medial part of the muscle is originated from the tendon of tibialis posterior.

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Both parts of the muscle are inserted on the hallux (sides of the base of proximal phalanx). The medial part pleads with the abductor hallucis muscle and the lateral part blends with the adductor hallucis muscle.

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Nerve root S1-S2

Medial plantar nerve 

Artery:[edit | edit source]

Supplied by branches of the posterior tibial artery 

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