Dorsal interossei of the foot

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For the muscles of the hand, see Dorsal interossei muscles (hand)
Dorsal interossei muscles
The Interossei dorsales. Left foot.
Latin musculi interossei dorsalis pedis
Gray's subject #131 495
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The Interossei dorsales (Dorsal interossei), four in number, are situated between the metatarsal bones.

They are bipenniform muscles, each arising by two heads from the adjacent sides of the metatarsal bones between which it is placed; their tendons are inserted into the bases of the first phalanges, and into the aponeurosis of the tendons of the Extensor digitorum longus.

In the angular interval left between the heads of each of the three lateral muscles, one of the perforating arteries passes to the dorsum of the foot; through the space between the heads of the first muscle the deep plantar branch of the dorsalis pedis artery enters the sole of the foot.

The first is inserted into the medial side of the second toe; the other three are inserted into the lateral sides of the second, third, and fourth toes.

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Muscles of the HeadNeckTrunkUpper limbLower limbLIST OF ALL MUSCLES

ILIAC REGION/HIP FLEXORS: psoas major | psoas minor | iliacus | (Gray's s127)

THIGH: anterior femoral | sartorius | quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis) | articularis genu
medial femoral/adductor | gracilis | pectineus | adductor brevis | adductor longus | adductor magnus
gluteal region | gluteals (maximus, medius, minimus) | tensor fasciae latae
lateral rotator group | piriformis | obturator externus | obturator internus | inferior gemellus | superior gemellus | quadratus femoris
posterior femoral/hamstring | biceps femoris | semitendinosus, semimembranosus | (Gray's s128)

LEG: anterior crural | tibialis anterior | extensor hallucis longus | extensor digitorum longus | fibularis tertius
superficial posterior crural | calf (gastrocnemius, soleus) | plantaris
deep posterior crural | popliteus | flexor hallucis longus | flexor digitorum longus | tibialis posterior
lateral crural | fibularis longus | fibularis brevis | (Gray's s129)

FOOT: dorsal | extensor digitorum brevis | extensor hallucis brevis
plantar first layer | abductor hallucis | flexor digitorum brevis | abductor digiti minimi
plantar second layer | quadratus plantae | lumbrical muscle
plantar third layer | flexor hallucis brevis | adductor hallucis | flexor digiti minimi brevis
plantar fourth layer | dorsal interossei | plantar interossei | (Gray's s131)

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