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M. flexor hallucis brevis
Short flexor of the big toe, two heads: caput medialis, caput lateralis
Origin: medial os cuneiforme, tendon of the posterior tibialis muscle
Attachment:
- medial head via medial sesamoid bone to medial dorsal proximal phalanx and analogous
- lateral head over lateral sesamoid bone to lateral dorsal proximal phalanx of the hallux
Innervation: Nervus plantaris medialis, lateral head by nervus plantaris lateralis, both from N. tibialis
Antagonists:
Movement: Plantar flexion of the big toe