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extensor hallucis longus
Muscle of anterior compartment of the leg.
Origin: anterior surface of the fibula & interosseous membrane
Insertion:
-> dorsal aspect of the distal phalanx of the 1st (great) toe
Action: extends 1st (great) toe
Innervation: deep fibular nerve
General
skeletal muscle (voluntary muscle)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
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