Tim Taylor is a senior writer at Innerbody Research focusing on human anatomy and physiology. Tim earned both his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and his Master's degree in Teaching from the University of Pittsburgh.
The flexor digitorum brevis muscle is a relatively large short muscle of the foot, running on its plantar side from the medial aspect of the calcaneous' tuberosity to each of the lesser toes. Generally, a flexor muscle is one that decreases the angle between two bones, as in raising the leg toward the stomach when kicking a football.
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