1111 THE 



THE MUSCLES OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT. 



The n of the jole differ materially from tl 



• and little toes there is al 

 is f by the flexor digitorum I ind th< 



whit h . in the fo< ■ •. I hi 



the plantar aj> I irtly 



adherent. 



HE MUSCLES OF THE MIDDLE OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT. 



The flexor digitorum brevis 1 

 the plantar fascia, and forms the middle plantar 



i the inner tubercle of the calcaneu m the pla 



which the entire proximal half of the muscle is adherent. I isl 

 sole it subdividt ir bellies, terminating in four flat ti hich 1- 



the Name mai of the flexor digitorum sublimis in th< 



ited by the tendons of the flexor longus in the r< the proximal phalai 



d i hiefly into lh< d phal; 



Thi the flexor digitorum br< in inn 



abd ligiti Y which form the middle and external ; 



the muscle is ially adh< r hallucis. 1 



portion the flexor digitorum loi nd the lumbri 



ith the and littli 



quadratus plantae, also termed th< 

 li,: a plantar head of the fle.N itorum longus. 1: 



upon the dorsal f the flexor brevis and red by th< 1: 



tak« in by n heads, of which the inner illy the 



surl ilcaneus and from the long plantar ligament, and the 



quadrangular muscle h nto the outer margin of the tendon of the rum 



ibliqucly a f the foot from withii 



The insertion occurs l> the flexor longus tendon 1 divided ii 



and after it 1. of the flexor hall Vt they 



ume their proper positi 

 While the tendon ^i the flexor hallucis runs in the long axis of th( ntly in the 



axis ^i traction, thoj the flexor digitorum pursue an obliqu 

 deviate from the axis of tra< lion by about ; 



The quadratus plai 

 tendons of tin- B •. upon tl 



IS 



