Foot & Ankle Muscle Chart

What is the proximal attachment of the gastrocnemius?

Medial & lateral condyles of femur

What is the proximal attachment of the soleus?

• Head and proximal 1/3 of fibula

• Medial tibia (posterior)

What is the proximal attachment of the plantaris?

Lateral condyle of femur (posterior)

What is the proximal attachment of the tibialis posterior?

Posterior tibia and fibula

What is the proximal attachment of the flexor digitorum longus?

Posterior tibia

What is the proximal attachment of the flexor hallucis longus?

• Posterior fibula

• Interosseous membrane

What is the proximal attachment of the tibialis anterior?

• Lateral condyle

• Upper ½ of tibia

• Interosseous membrane

What is the proximal attachment of the extensor digitorum longus?

• Lateral condyle of tibia

• Fibula

• Interosseous membrane

What is the proximal attachment of the extensor hallucis longus?

• Fibula

• Interosseous membrane

What is the proximal attachment of the fibularis (peroneous) longus?

Head and proximal 2/3 of fibula

What is the proximal attachment of the fibularis brevis?

Distal 2/3 of fibula

What is the proximal attachment of the flexor digitorum brevis?

Calcaneus

What is the proximal attachment of the flexor hallucis brevis?

• Cuboid

• 2nd-3rd cuneiforms

What is the proximal attachment of the abductor hallucis?

Calcaneous

What is the proximal attachment of the adductor hallucis?

Oblique transverse

What is the proximal attachment of the lumbricals?

What is the proximal attachment of the plantar/dorsal interossei?

Metatarsals

What is the proximal attachment of the extensor digitorum/hallucis brevis?

Calcaneous

What is the distal attachment of the gastrocnemius?

Calcaneus via Achilles tendon

What is the distal attachment of the soleus?

Calcaneus via Achilles tendon

What is the distal attachment of the plantaris?

Calcaneus via Achilles tendon

What is the distal attachment of the tibialis posterior?

Spider web

• Navicular

• Cuboid

• Cuneiforms

• Base of 2-4 metatarsals

What is the distal attachment of the flexor digitorum longus?

Distal phalanges toes 2-5

What is the distal attachment of the flexor hallucis longus?

Distal phalanx great toe

What is the distal attachment of the tibialis anterior?

• Medial 1st cuneiform

• Base 1st metatarsal

What is the distal attachment of the extensor digitorum longus?

Middle & distal phalanges toes 2-5

What is the distal attachment of the extensor hallucis longus?

Distal phalanx great toe

What is the distal attachment of the fibularis (peroneus) longus?

• Base 1st metatarsal

• 1st cuneiform

What is the distal attachment of the fibularis brevis?

Base 5th metatarsal

What is the distal attachment of the flexor digitorum brevis?

Middle phalanges 2-5

What is the distal attachment of the flexor hallucis brevis?

Proximal phalanx great toe

What is the distal attachment of the abductor hallucis?

Proximal phalanx great toe

What is the distal attachment of the adductor hallucis?

Proximal phalanx great toe

What is the distal attachment of the lumbricals?

Phalanges

What is the distal attachment of the plantar/dorsal interossei?

Phalanges

What is the distal attachment of the extensor digitorum/hallucis brevis?

Toes 1-4

What muscles do ankle dorsiflexion?

• Tibialis anterior

• EDL

• EHL

What muscles do ankle plantarflexion?

• Gastrocnemius

• Soleus

• Tibialis posterior

• FDL

• FHL

• Fibularis longus/brevis

• Plantaris

What muscles do foot inversion?

• Tibialis anterior

• Tibialis posterior

What muscles do foot eversion?

• Fibularis (peroneus) longus

• Fibularis brevis

What muscles do great toe extension?

• Extensor hallucis longus

• Extensor hallucis brevis

What muscles do toe extension?

• Extensor digitorum longus

• Extensor digitorum brevis

What muscles do great toe flexion?

• Flexor hallucis longus

• Flexor hallucis brevis

What muscles do toe flexion?

• Flexor digitorum longus

• Flexor digitorum brevis

• Lumbricals

• Dorsal/plantar interossei

What muscles do great toe abduction/adduction?

• Abductor hallucis

• Adductor hallucis

What muscles do toe abduction?

Dorsal interossei

What muscles do toe adduction?

Plantar interossei

What muscles are innervated by the tibial nerve?

• Gastrocnemius

• Soleus

• Tibialis posterior

• FHL

• FDL

• Foot Intrinsics (FDB, FHB, AbH, AdH, lumbricals, interossei)

What muscles are innervated by the deep fibular nerve?

• Tibialis anterior

• EHL

• EHB

• EDL

• EDB

What muscles are innervated by the superficial fibular nerve?

• Fibularis longus

• Fibularis brevis