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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System: Alphabetical Listing of Muscles: F

Flexor Digiti Minimi Brevis (Pedis)

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

In the great majority of cases, some of the deeper fibers end on the lateral border of the shaft of the fifth metatarsal bone. This part of the muscle is occasionally found as a separate and independent slip.

Syn.: m. Flexor brevis digiti pedis quinti.

References

LeDouble, A.F. (1897) Traitè des Variations du Système Musculaire de l'Homme., Libraire C. Reinwald, Scheicher Freres, Paris.

Macalister, A. (1875) Additional observations on muscular anomalies in human anatomy (third series), with a catalogue of the principal muscular variations hitherto published. Trans. Roy.Irish Acad. Sci. 25:1-134.

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