Deep branch of lateral plantar nerve
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The deep branch of lateral plantar nerve (muscular branch) accompanies the lateral plantar artery
on the deep surface of the tendons of the Flexor muscles and the Adductor hallucis, and supplies all the Interossei
(except those in the fourth metatarsal space), the second, third, and fourth Lumbricales
, and the Adductor hallucis.
Lateral plantar artery
The lateral plantar artery , much larger than the medial, passes obliquely lateralward and forward to the base of the fifth metatarsal bone....
on the deep surface of the tendons of the Flexor muscles and the Adductor hallucis, and supplies all the Interossei
Interossei
Interossei refer to muscles between certain bones. There are many interossei in a human body. Specific interossei include:-On the hands:* Dorsal interossei muscles of the hand* Palmar interossei muscles-On the feet:...
(except those in the fourth metatarsal space), the second, third, and fourth Lumbricales
Lumbrical muscle (foot)
The lumbricals are four small skeletal muscles, accessory to the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and numbered from the medial side of the foot; they arise from these tendons, as far back as their angles of division, each springing from two tendons, except the first.The muscles end in...
, and the Adductor hallucis.