Origins of the lumbrical muscles

NewsBot · May 14, 2015

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New insights into the origin of the lumbrical muscles of the foot: tendinous slip of the flexor hallucis longus muscle.
Hur MS, Kim JH, Gil YC, Kim HJ, Lee KS.
Surg Radiol Anat. 2015 May 12

PURPOSE:
The aim of this study was to clarify the origins of the lumbricals of the foot toward a better understanding of its precise action in the gait.
METHODS:
The lumbricals in the foot were investigated in 66 specimens of embalmed Korean adult cadavers.
RESULTS:
The first lumbrical arose as two muscle bellies from both the tendon of the FDL and the tendinous slip of the FHL in 83.3 %, and as one muscle belly from the tendon of the FDL or the tendinous slip of the FHL in 16.7 %. These two muscle bellies subsequently merged to form the muscle belly of the first lumbrical. The second lumbrical arose from the tendinous slips of the FHL for the second and third toes as well as the tendon of the FDL in all specimens. The third lumbrical arose from the tendinous slips of the FHL for the third and fourth toes in 69.7 %, and the fourth lumbrical arose from the tendinous slip of the FHL for the fourth toe in 18.2 %. Some deep muscle fibers of the fourth lumbrical arose from the tendinous slip of the FHL for the second toe in 4.5 %, for the third toe in 28.8 %, and for the fourth toe in 15.2 %.
CONCLUSIONS:
The results of this study constitute new anatomical knowledge regarding the origin of the lumbricals, and provide insight into their specific role in production of gait. These findings will be useful for various types of surgery, biomechanics research, and rehabilitation programs.
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NewsBot · Sep 17, 2020

Development and growth of the foot lumbricalis muscle: a histological study using human fetuses
Z-W Jin et al
Folia Morphol (Warsz). 2020 Sep 8

Our group has shown early development of the hand lumbricalis and hypothesized that, at midterm, the lumbricalis (LU) bundles flexor tendons to provide a configuration of "one tendon per one finger" (Folia Morphologica 2012; 71:154). However, the study concentrated on the hand and contained no sections of near-term fetuses. The present examination of paraffin-embedded tangential sections along the planta from 25 embryos and fetuses at 6-40 weeks (15-320 mm crown-rump length or CRL) demonstrated that, at 8 weeks, the initial foot LU appeared in the proximal side of the common tendinous plate of all five deep tendons. After midterm, a drastic three phase change occurred at the muscle origin: 1) the LU originated from each of the flexor digitorum longus tendon (FDLT), but abundant tenocyte candidates separated the muscle fiber from the tendon collagen bundle; 2) the LU arose from the covering fascia depending on increased thickness of the muscle; and 3) the LU muscle fibers intermingled with tendon collagen bundles and partly surrounded the tendon. Simultaneously, a dividing site of the FDLT migrated distally to accelerate the changes at the LU origin. These phases did not always correspond to the size of fetus after 30 weeks. Consequently, in contrast to the hand LU, the delayed changes in the foot were characterized by involvement of the LU origin into a single common part of the FDLT. The quadratus plantae muscle fibers did not attach to the LU at any phase, and connected with the fourth and fifth toe tendons.
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