Quadratus plantae muscle

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Quadratus plantae muscle
Muscles of the sole of the foot. Second layer. (Quadratus plantae visible at center.)
The plantar arteries. Deep view. (Quadratus plantae visible at center.)
Latin	musculus quadratus plantae
Gray's	subject #131 493
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Nerve:	plantar nerve
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Dorlands/Elsevier	m_22/12550399

The Quadratus plantæ (Flexor accessorius) is separated from the muscles of the first layer by the lateral plantar vessels and nerve.

It arises by two heads, which are separated from each other by the long plantar ligament: the medial or larger head is muscular, and is attached to the medial concave surface of the calcaneus, below the groove which lodges the tendon of the Flexor hallucis longus; the lateral head, flat and tendinous, arises from the lateral border of the inferior surface of the calcaneus, in front of the lateral process of its tuberosity, and from the long plantar ligament.

The two portions join at an acute angle, and end in a flattened band which is inserted into the lateral margin and upper and under surfaces of the tendon of the Flexor digitorum longus, forming a kind of groove, in which the tendon is lodged. It usually sends slips to those tendons of the Flexor digitorum longus which pass to the second, third, and fourth toes.

[edit] Variations

Lateral head often wanting; entire muscle absent. Variation in the number of digital tendons to which fibers can be traced. Most frequent offsets are sent to the second, third and fourth toes; in many cases to the fifth as well; occasionally to two toes only.

[edit] External links

• LUC qp
• GPnotebook 154468430
• PTCentral

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Muscles of the Head — Neck — Trunk — Upper limb — Lower limb— LIST 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)