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Flexor Digitorum Longus and Flexor Hallucis Longus

1. Flexor Digitorum Longus

1. Flexor Digitorum Longus


Origin

Posterior shaft of tibia below soleal line

Insertion

Plantar surface of the bases of 2nd - 5th phalanges (toes)

Action

  • Flexes toes 2 – 5

2. Flexor Hallucis Longus

2. Flexor Hallucis Longus


Origin

Inferior 2/3 of posterior surface of fibula, lower portion of interosseous membrane

Insertion

Base of distal phalanx of “big toe”

Action

  • Flexes “big toe”
 




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