Adductor Hallucis


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Adductor Hallucis

A big toe muscle.
Action Adducts big toe
Nerve Lateral plantar
Origin Transverse head—capsules of the 4 metatarsophalangeal joints; oblique head—lateral cuneiform and bases of 3rd and 4th metatarsal bones
Insertion Lateral base of proximal phalanx of big toe
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Next, the tendon runs between the adductor hallucis muscle medially and the flexor digitorum longus muscle laterally and finally merges to the latter.
Morphological Description of the Flexor Digitorum Accessorius Longus Muscle and its Clinical Significance/Descripcion Morfologica del Musculo Flexor Largo Accesorio de los Dedos y su Significancia Clinica

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