LATERAL COMPARTMENT OF LEG-PERONEUS LONGUS

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SUMMARY

1. O: head & proximal 2/3 of lateral fibula. 2. Its tendon grooves under the LATERAL malleolus (bound down by the superior peroneal retinaculum) & peroneal trochlea of the calcaneus (bound down by the inferior peroneal retinaculum).
3. I: crosses the sole of the foot to insert into the 1st MT base & medial cuniform.

4. NS: superficial peroneal n.
5. A: eversion & plantar-flexion of the foot.

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Image: Netter, F. (2015). Atlas of Human Anatomy. 6th ed. Saint Louis: Elsevier Health Sciences, p.506.


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.