Adductor hallucis muscle

Adductor hallucis muscle
	Muscles of the soles of the feet of man
origin
	Caput obliquum : v. a. Cuboid bone ; caput transversum : capsule of the 3rd to 5th metatarsophalangeal joint
approach
	Proximal phalanx of the big toe
function
	v. a. Big toe pulling inward
Innervation
	Lateral plantar nerve
Spinal segments
	S1-S3

The adductor hallucis muscle ( Latin for "big toe leader") is one of the skeletal muscles on the sole of the foot . It consists of two heads:

The transverse head arises from the metatarsal joint capsules of the 3rd to 5th toes and from the deep metatarsal ligament. The caput obliquum arises from the cuboid bone ( Os cuboideum ), the outer sphenoid bone (Os cuneiforme laterale), the long sole ligament ( Ligamentum plantare longum ) and the Ligamentum calcaneocuboideum plantare . Both muscle heads form a common tendon that attaches to the lateral sesamoid bone of the capsule of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe and to the base of the phalanx of the big toe.

The muscle adducts the big toe, that is, it pulls it towards the second toe. In addition, the muscle is also involved in flexion.

literature

Hellmut Ruck: Manual for medical foot care. Basics and practice of podiatry . 2nd revised edition. Karl F. Haug Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-8304-7569-9 .
Josef Schmid: Neural Therapy. Springer Verlag, Vienna 1960.