Abstract
Anatomists classify the muscle located medially to the plantar region that passes from the posterior tuberosity of the calcaneus to the base of the hallux as either an adductor or an abductor according to whether reference is made to the sagittal plane or the body or the axis of the second digital ray of the foot, respectively. Clinicians, on the other hand, always refer to the sagittal plane: hallux valgus, metatarsus primus varus, hallux varus, metatarsus adductus (or varus), etc. Definition of an axis intrinsic to the foot is a reference, by analogy, to the hand, whereas it is more logical to refer to the sagittal axis and classify this muscle as an adductor.
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