dorsal interossei muscles of foot
Musculi interossei dorsales pedis
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Definition
The most superior muscles in the sole of the foot that abduct the second to fourth toes. These four muscles also act through the dorsal expansions to resist extension of the metatarsophalangeal joints and flexion of the interphalangeal joints.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Relations
- Origin
- metatarsal bone
- Insertion
- proximal phalanx of foot
- Action
- abduction of the toes
- Innervation
- lateral plantar nerve
- Arterial supply
- arcuate artery
Sub-structures
Neighbouring structures
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 2686
- TA98
- A04.7.02.070
- FMA
- 37457
- UBERON
- 0006499
- Wikidata
- Q2359065
