Abductor digiti minimi muscle (foot)

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For the muscle of the hand, see Abductor digiti quinti muscle (hand)

Abductor digiti minimi muscle (foot)
Image:Abductor digiti minimi (foot).png
Muscles of the sole of the foot. First layer. (Abductor digiti quinti visible at center right.)
The plantar arteries. Superficial view. (Abductor quinti digiti visible at center right.)
Latin	musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis
Gray's	subject #131 492
Origin:	Plantar aponeurosis
Insertion:	Fifth toe or Phalanges
Artery:	lateral plantar artery
Nerve:	lateral plantar nerve
Action:	flex and abduct the fifth toe
Antagonist:	Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12548282

The Abductor digiti minimi (Abductor minimi digiti, Abductor digiti quinti) is a muscle which lies along the lateral border of the foot, and is in relation by its medial margin with the lateral plantar vessels and nerves.

It arises, by a broad origin, from the lateral process of the tuberosity of the calcaneus, from the under surface of the calcaneus between the two processes of the tuberosity, from the forepart of the medial process, from the plantar aponeurosis, and from the intermuscular septum between it and the Flexor digitorum brevis.

Its tendon, after gliding over a smooth facet on the under surface of the base of the fifth metatarsal bone, is inserted, with the Flexor digiti quinti brevis, into the fibular side of the base of the first phalanx of the fifth toe.

Its function is to flex and abduct the fifth (little) toe.

Additional images

Bones of the right foot. Plantar surface.

Coronal section through right talocrural and talocalcaneal joints.

External links

• LUC admf
• -999620531 at GPnotebook
• abductor+digiti+minimi+%28muscle%29+of+foot at eMedicine Dictionary

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated. Please edit the article if this is the case, and feel free to remove this notice when it is no longer relevant.

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ILIAC Region / ILIOPSOAS	psoas major/psoas minor - iliacus
BUTTOCKS	gluteals: (maximus, medius, minimus) - tensor fasciae latae lateral rotator group: piriformis - inferior gemellus - obturator internus - superior gemellus - quadratus femoris
THIGH	anterior compartment: sartorius - quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis) - articularis genu posterior compartment/hamstring: biceps femoris - semitendinosus - semimembranosus medial compartment: pectineus - obturator externus - gracilis - adductor (longus, brevis, magnus)
LEG	anterior compartment: tibialis anterior - extensor hallucis longus - extensor digitorum longus - peroneus tertius posterior compartment: superficial - calf/triceps surae (gastrocnemius, soleus) - plantaris posterior compartment: deep - tarsal tunnel (flexor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, tibialis posterior) - popliteus lateral compartment: peroneus muscles (longus, brevis)
FOOT	dorsal - extensor hallucis brevis - extensor digitorum brevis plantar - 1st layer (abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti minimi) plantar - 2nd layer (quadratus plantae, lumbrical muscle) plantar - 3rd layer (flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis, flexor digiti minimi brevis) plantar - 4th layer (dorsal interossei, plantar interossei)

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