ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG-EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS
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SUMMARY
1. O: lateral tibial condyle, proximal anterior interosseous membrane & proximal fibula.2. I: its 4 tendons pass beneath the superior & inferior extensor retinacula to insert into the dorsum of middle & distal phalanges of lateral 4 toes. 4. NS: deep peroneal n.
5. A: extension of lateral 4 toes & dorsiflexion of the foot.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 15 Nov. 2018].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
