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Flexor Digiti Minimi





- See: Plantar Muscles of the Foot:

  Origin: proximal end of the 5th metatarsal bone.
  Insertion: lateral side of the proximal end of the proximal phalanx of
            the little toe.
  Action: Flexes the proximal phalanx of the 5th toe.
  Nerve Supply: lateral plantar nerve,   S1 ,   S2 ;
                (See Innerv. Musc. Lower Limb )
  Synergists:   Flexor Digitorum Brevis ,   FDL, Quadratus Plantae.




Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.