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adductor hallucis muscle
- Term ID
- UBERON:0014379
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- adductor hallucis
- adductor transversus hallucis
- contrahens I muscle
- Definition
- The Adductor hallucis (Adductor obliquus hallucis) arises by two headsboblique and transverse and is responsible for adducting the big toe. It is innervated by the lateral plantar nerve. It evolved from the contrahens I muscle as Man's ancestors' thumbs and big toes became opposable. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_hallucis_muscle
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