Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle of foot

The flexor digiti minimi brevis (flexor brevis minimi digiti, flexor digiti quinti brevis) lies under the metatarsal bone on the little toe, and resembles one of the interossei.

Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle
Muscles of the sole of the foot. Third layer. (Flexor dig. quint. brev. labeled at center right.)
Details
OriginFifth metatarsal bone
InsertionFirst phalanx of the fifth toe
NerveSuperficial branch of lateral plantar nerve
ActionsFlexion and adduction of the fifth toe
AntagonistAbductor digiti minimi muscle
Identifiers
Latinmusculus flexor digiti minimi brevis pedis
TA98A04.7.02.066
TA22682
FMA37455
Anatomical terms of muscle

It arises from the base of the fifth metatarsal bone, and from the sheath of the fibularis longus; its tendon is inserted into the lateral side of the base of the first phalanx of the fifth toe.

Occasionally a few of the deeper fibers are inserted into the lateral part of the distal half of the fifth metatarsal bone; these are described by some as a distinct muscle, the opponens digiti quinti.

References

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  This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 494 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918).