Action
The dorsal interossei abducts at the metatarsophalangeal joints of the third and fourth toes. Because there is a pair of dorsal interossei muscles attached on both sides of the second toe, contraction of these muscles results in no movement (i.e. the midline of the hand is in the third finger, but the midline of the foot is in the second toe).
Abduction is of little importance in the foot, but, together with the plantar interossei, the dorsal interossei also produce flexion at the metatarsophalangeal joints. Also small, the dorsal interossei are powerful muscles that, together with their plantar counterparts, controls the direction of the toes during violent activity, and thus allowing the long and short flexors to perform their actions.
Because of the relationship to the metatarsophalangeal joints, the interossei muscles also contributes to maintaining the anterior metatarsal arch of the foot and also, to a limited extent, to the medial and lateral longitudinal arches of the foot.
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