Plantar Interossei

Origin = Third through fifth metatarsals, tibial side.

Insertion = Bases of the first phalanges of the third through fifth toes, tibal side.

Action = Addution of the metatarsophalangeal joints of the third, fourth, and fifth toes; flexes the metatarsophalangeal joints and extends the interphalangeal joints of the third, fourth, and fifth toes.


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