flexor dig·i·tor·um brevis (d j -tôr  m)n. A muscle with its origin from the calcaneus and the plantar fascia, with insertion to the middle phalanges of the four lateral toes, with nerve supply from the medial plantar nerve, and whose action flexes the four lateral toes. |
flexor digitorum brevis,
short flexor muscle of toes; a muscle that inserts on the middle phalanges of the four lateral toes and flexes them. It is innervated by the medial plantar nerve.
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