Flexor digiti minimi brevis (foot)
Feet
- Origin
- Base of the fifth metatarsal and the sheath of the fibularis longus tendon
- Insertion
- Outer side of the base of the proximal phalanx of the little toe; some deep fibres to the fifth metatarsal (opponens digiti minimi)
- Action
- Flexes the little toe at its base joint
- Nerve supply
- Superficial branch of the lateral plantar nerve (S2–S3)
A small muscle under the fifth metatarsal. Some of its deeper fibres, which end on the metatarsal itself, are sometimes described as a separate muscle, the opponens digiti minimi.
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