1111 '.M SCLES ..I IIII |,„ 



and specially from the anterior extremity of the lo, 



broad muscular belly is at first situated in the middle of the sole,, 



and it then passes toward toward th. 



umtes with the v /,..„,. T l 



of the tarsometatarsal joints of th, ad to the fifth toes; it 



rtsmsertton, while the oblique head usually exhibits an a, 

 d. heads are inserted together into the first phalanx of the 

 ntaimng the external sesamoid bone. 



Th. adductor haU„ ,ppUcd by ,1 nal plama, nerve. 1 



THE MUSCLES OF THE BALL OF THE LITTLE TOE. 



, T,u ' musde * of Ms group correspond to those of ,1k- hypothenar emit h in numb 



and m function, hut the abductor is much longer than the- other two mi 



Tin- abductor digiti quinti Fig. 31c the abd ,, v in 



|'<-n but ui many other respects. It forms tlu- external plantar eminc , 

 behind and narrow and tendinous in front. It arises by a short tend 



f the calcaneus beside the flexor digitorum brevis, and al 

 aponeurosis which covers th, greater portion of the muscle. The insertion is partly ii 

 hiberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone and partly into the outer 1 

 he htUe toe I he inner margin of tlu- abductor digiti V is in relal 

 brevis behind and with the flexor digiti \' brevis in front. 



The flexor digiti quinti brevis 1 , IO and 3 -mall, 



arises chiefly from tin- anterior portion of tlu- long plantar 

 uukt* by a short tendon into the first phalanx of the little toe. I 



with the third plantar mtei | e . 



The opponens digiti quinti : tiler but somewhat 



bre^s, the two muscles having a common origin. I into th, 



the fifth metatarsal bone, extending forward aim, 

 is almost entirely covered by tlu- abductor digiti \ . 



Inu!:' v ' r - ,ri,i 



their nan 



THE INTEROSSF.I PI 



rhere are, as in tlu- hand, four dorsal ami three V h- interossei 

 the former arise by two heads, tin- latter by on,. Th hand J £ 



foot consists m the fact that not the middle but th 



Merosset (the first ami th, se< while tin- third and tin- fourth v , nt0 



tlu- extensor tendons oi the third and fourth t, ^, 



mterosseous is poorly developed; it arises only from th ind 



from the hgaments of the tarsometatarsal joint, n, Inc b < 



