The _Abductors_, or those Muscles that remove the Toes from the great Toe, are the eight _Interossei_, whereof four are call'd _Externi_, and as many _Interni_. The former take their rise in the Spaces between the Bones of the _Metatarsus_, and are terminated outwardly in the side of the first Bones of the Toes. The Internal lie in the bottom of the Foot, and take up the Spaces between the five Bones of the _Metatarsus_. They arise from the Bones of the _Tarsus_, and the Intervals between those of the _Metatarsus_, and are implanted with the four _Lumbricales_ inwardly, in the upper-part of the Bones of the first _Phalanx_ of the four Toes. Of the six Proper Muscles of the Toes, there are four appointed for the great Toe, which cause it to perform the Motions of Flexion, {56} Extension, and drawing forward or backward. The two others are the _Adductor_ of the second Toe to the great Toe, and the _Abductor_ of the little Toe, call'd _Hypothenar_. The Proper _Flexor_ of the great Toe, arises from the top of the _Perone_ or _Fibula_, on the back part, passeth thro' the Ancle-Bone on the inside to the sole of the Foot, and is fasten'd to the Bone of the last _Phalanx_. The Proper _Extensor_ of the great Toe springs from the middle of the fore-part of the _Perone_, passeth over the Foot, and hath its Insertion in the upper-part of the Bone of the great Toe. The Proper _Adductor_ of the great Toe, or the _Thenar_, taking its rise inwardly on the side of the _Talus_, the _Ossa Schaphoidea_ and _Innominata_, extends it self over the outward-part of the Bone of the _Metatarsus_, which stayeth the great Toe, and adheres to the top of the second Bone of the great Toe, which it draws inward. The proper _Abductor_ of the great Toe, or the _Antithenar_, draws it toward the other Toes. It derives its Origine from the Bone of the _Metatarsus_, which supports the little Toe, slides obliquely over the other Bones, and cleaves to the first Bone of the great Toe on the inside. The _Adductor_ appropriated to the second Toe hath its Source in the first Bone of the great Toe, on the inside, and sticks close to the Bones of the second Toe, which it draws to the great Toe. {57} The _Abductor_ of the little Toe, or the _Hypothenar_, proceeds from the outward part of the Bone of the _Metatarsus_, that stayeth the little Toe, and is inserted in the top of the little Toe, on the outside, to remove it from the others. _A List of all the Muscles in the Humane Body._