Abductor digiti minimi of foot at a glance
- What it is
- A muscle along the lateral border of the sole of the foot.
- Location
- Origin: medial and lateral processes of the calcaneal tuberosity and plantar aponeurosis. Insertion: lateral side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the 5th toe.
- Function
- Abducts and flexes the little toe.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA37463 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: lateral plantar nerve
- Lies in the first (most superficial) layer of the sole and forms the lateral border of the sole.
- Blood supply: lateral plantar artery
Structures next to the abductor digiti minimi of foot
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Lateral plantar artery · cardiovascular
- Long plantar ligament · skeletal
- Plantar venous arch of foot · cardiovascular
- Cuboid bone · skeletal
- Plantar arch · cardiovascular
- Flexor accessorius · muscular
- Fifth metatarsal bone · skeletal
- Flexor digitorum brevis · muscular
- Dorsal venous arch of foot · cardiovascular
- Lateral cuneiform bone · skeletal
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Abductor digiti minimi of foot (FMA37463). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §11.2 Naming Skeletal Muscles. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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