Lumbricals of the foot phalanges. All four lumbricals insert into extensor hoods of the phalanges, thus creating extension at the inter-phalangeal (PIP and DIP) joints. However, as the tendons also pass inferior to the metatarsal phalangeal (MTP) joints it creates flexion at this joint. Absence of one or more; doubling of the third or fourth even the fifth. Insertion partly or wholly into the first phalanges. The most medial lumbrical is innervated by the medial plantar nerve while the remaining three lumbricals are supplied by the lateral plantar nerve. Lumbricals of the foot The lumbricals are four small skeletal muscles, accessory to the tendons
Catholic theology of the body suggests, that Christians should free themselves from bodily restrictions as much as possible in this life. The body is important however, in the context of resurrection. Origen believes that only the resurrection of the body makes any sense. While he heeds Saint Paul, that the resurrection of the body will mean a new body, he insists, its identity must be recognizable. Yet, he states, our hope for resurrection is not one for worms, and our souls do not yearn for another decayable body. The body, formed in the image of God, and the soul, which has adopted the Spirit of