Foot - PAS 407 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
Abductor hallucis
What are the 1st layer muscles of the foot? Flexor digitorum brevis
Abductor digiti minimi
Quadratus plantae
What are the 2nd layer muscles of the foot?
Lumbricals
Flexor hallucis brevis
What are the 3rd layer muscles of the foot? Adductor hallucis
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
What are the 4th layer muscles of the foot? Planter and dorsal interossei muscles
Extensor digitorum brevis
What are the dorsal muscles of the foot?
Extensor hallucis brevis
What is the function of the dorsal foot muscles? Extensor of the digits
flexion of the digits and abductor/adductor depending on
What is the function of the plantar foot muscles?
the name of the muscle
What 2 muscles insert on the tendons of flexor digitorum
The quadratus plantae muscle and lumbrical muscles
longus tendons?
The flexor tendons attach on the plantar side to flex the
How do the lumbrical tendons attach positionally? metatarsophalangeal joints and dorsal tendons travel su-
periorly to extend the interphalangeal joints.
What is the function of the flexor digitorum brevis? Flexor of digits 2-5 of the foot
Where do the 1st layer foot muscles all commonly origi-
Calcaneal tuberosity
nate?
Realigns the pull of the flexor digitorum longus, the FDL
What is the function of the quadratus plantae? What oc-
has a tendency to pull laterally
curs when a disfunction of this muscle happens?
-pigeon toed type walking
Where does the flexor hallucis brevis originate? cuboid and lateral cuneiform
Abductor hallucis
What are the 1st layer muscles of the foot? Flexor digitorum brevis
Abductor digiti minimi
Quadratus plantae
What are the 2nd layer muscles of the foot?
Lumbricals
Flexor hallucis brevis
What are the 3rd layer muscles of the foot? Adductor hallucis
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
What are the 4th layer muscles of the foot? Planter and dorsal interossei muscles
Extensor digitorum brevis
What are the dorsal muscles of the foot?
Extensor hallucis brevis
What is the function of the dorsal foot muscles? Extensor of the digits
flexion of the digits and abductor/adductor depending on
What is the function of the plantar foot muscles?
the name of the muscle
What 2 muscles insert on the tendons of flexor digitorum
The quadratus plantae muscle and lumbrical muscles
longus tendons?
The flexor tendons attach on the plantar side to flex the
How do the lumbrical tendons attach positionally? metatarsophalangeal joints and dorsal tendons travel su-
periorly to extend the interphalangeal joints.
What is the function of the flexor digitorum brevis? Flexor of digits 2-5 of the foot
Where do the 1st layer foot muscles all commonly origi-
Calcaneal tuberosity
nate?
Realigns the pull of the flexor digitorum longus, the FDL
What is the function of the quadratus plantae? What oc-
has a tendency to pull laterally
curs when a disfunction of this muscle happens?
-pigeon toed type walking
Where does the flexor hallucis brevis originate? cuboid and lateral cuneiform
