Week 7 muscles Flashcards
Flexor Digitorum Longus Origin:
Middle Half of Tibia
Flexor Digitorum Longus Insertion:
Four tendons into distal phalanges of lateral four toes
Flexor Digitorum Longus Function:
Lateral Four Toes Flexion
Extensor Hallucis Longus Origin:
Anterior surface of the fibula and the adjacent interosseous membrane
Extensor Hallucis Longus Insertion:
Base and dorsal center of distal phalanx of great toe
Extensor Hallucis Longus Function:
Extends Great Toe and dorsiflexes ankle
Peroneus Longus Origin:
Head of fibula, upper 1/2 - 2/3 of lateral fibular shaft
Peroneus Longus Insertion:
Medial cuneiform and lateral side of first metatarsal
Peroneus Longus Function:
Everts foot and plantar flexes ankle
Peroneus Brevis Origin:
Inferior 2/3 of lateral fibular surface; also anterior and posterior intermuscular septa of leg
Peroneus Brevis Insertion:
Base of fifth metatarsal
Peroneus Brevis Function:
Everts foot and plantar flexes ankle