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HANDBOOK OF ANATOMY 



MUSCLES ACTING ON THE METATARSO-PHALANGEAL 

 JOINTS Continued. 



MUSCLES ACTING ON THE INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS. 



The short muscles of the toes in the sole of the foot are 

 arranged in four layers beneath the plantar fascia. Starting 

 at the outermost layer, they are 



First layer : Abductor hallucis, flexor brevis digitorum, ab- 

 ductor minimi digiti. 



Second layer : Lumbricales and accessories, and the tendons 

 of the long flexor muscles. 



Third layer : Flexor brevis hallucis, adductores hallucis, 

 flexor brevis minimi digiti. 



Fourth layer : Interossei (plantar and dorsal) and tendons of 

 peroneus longus and tibialis posticus. 



