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Abductor Ossis Metatarsi Digiti Quinti

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Abstract

This muscle is small and arises from the lateral tubercle of the calcaneus and inserts onto the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone. Reference Wood, J. (1864) On some varieties in human myology. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 13:299-303.

This muscle is small and arises from the lateral tubercle of the calcaneus and inserts onto the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone.

Reference Wood, J. (1864) On some varieties in human myology. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 13:299-303.

Anatomical classification

Systems:: Muscular system

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Translation

Italian translation of «Abductor Ossis Metatarsi Digiti Quinti — Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus I: Muscular System» by Ronald A. Bergman, Adel K. Afifi, Ryosuke Miyauchi. Source: https://www.anatomyatlases.org/AnatomicVariants/MuscularSystem/Text/A/07Abductor.shtml Original work distributed under the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.it). Translation by Redazione AIVA. Changes from the original: Traduzione italiana del testo originale inglese, che resta consultabile nella versione inglese di questa pagina. Il contenuto è stato riorganizzato nel formato scheda del portale (sintesi, testo, riferimenti) senza modificarne le affermazioni. Le figure non sono state copiate: sono collegate alla pagina d’origine. This publication is not approved or endorsed by the authors of the original work.

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