The abductor hallucis flexes more than it abducts (draws away) the big toe. It has an elongated, oblong form that begins from a wide origin on the bottom of the calcaneous (heel bone), the edge of the |flexor retinaculum|, and the plantar aponeurosis (a strong fibrous band of ~fascia~ that extends along the bottom of the foot) and inserts on the inside of the base of the first phalanx of the big toe.
