Quadratus plantaris muscle
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Beginning: tibial and plantar surface at the tuber calcanei
Attachment: the outer edge of the tendon flexor digitorum longus muscle
Innervation: n. plantaris lateralis (branch of tibial nerve)(S1–S2)
Function: flexion of the distal joints of the fingers (auxiliary muscle for flexor digitorum longus muscle - balances the oblique pull of this muscle)
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References[edit | edit source]
- ČIHÁK, Radomír – GRIM, Miloš. Anatomie. 2., uprav. a dopl edition. Grada Publishing, 2002. 470 pp. vol. 1. ISBN 80-7169-970-5.
