Adductor hallucis muscle

Adductor hallucis muscle
File:Musculus adductor hallucis.png
Muscles of the sole of the foot. Third layer. (Oblique head visible at center, and transverse head visible at bottom.
Latin	musculus adductor hallucis
Gray's	subject #131 493
Origin:
Insertion:
Artery:
Nerve:	plantar nerve
Action:	adducts hallux
Antagonist:	Abductor hallucis muscle
Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12548332

The Adductor hallucis (Adductor obliquus hallucis) arises by two heads—oblique and transverse.

Oblique head

The oblique head is a large, thick, fleshy mass, crossing the foot obliquely and occupying the hollow space under the first second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones.

It arises from the bases of the second, third, and fourth metatarsal bones, and from the sheath of the tendon of the Peronæus longus, and is inserted, together with the lateral portion of the Flexor hallucis brevis, into the lateral side of the base of the first phalanx of the great toe.

Transverse head

The transverse head (Transversus pedis) is a narrow, flat fasciculus which arises from the plantar metatarsophalangeal ligaments of the third, fourth, and fifth toes (sometimes only from the third and fourth), and from the transverse ligament of the metatarsus.

It is inserted into the lateral side of the base of the first phalanx of the great toe, its fibers blending with the tendon of insertion of the oblique head.

Variations

Slips to the base of the first phalanx of the second toe. Opponens hallucis, occasional slips from the adductor to the metatarsal bone of the great toe.

Additional images

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  Bones of the right foot. Plantar surface.

• Abductor hallucis.png

External links

• LUC adhf
• -946208691 at GPnotebook
• SUNY Labs 16:st-0403 - oblique head
• SUNY Labs 16:st-0404 - transverse head
• Adductor+hallucis at eMedicine Dictionary
• PTCentral

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 As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.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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