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Dissection of plantar aspect of left foot

Flexor tendons of second toe elevated, medial close-up view

Image #201-2

KEYWORDS: Foot and toes, Muscles and tendons.

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Dissection of plantar aspect of left foot
Flexor tendons of second toe elevated, medial close-up view
The flexor digitorum brevis has been pulled away from the foot to show the relations of its tendon to that of the flexor digitorum longus within the digital sheath of the second toe.
1 . Fibrous sheath (opened)
2 . Heavy fibrous septum alongside proximal phalanx
3 . Synovial sheath
4 . Flexor hallucis longus muscle
5 . Vinculum breve
6 . Flexor digitorum longus muscle (tendon elevated)
7 . Vinculum longum
8 . Vinculum longum
9 . Flexor digitorum brevis muscle (tendon elevated)