FLEXOR LONGUS DIGITORUM PEDIS PROFUNDUS PERFORANS
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Definitions of FLEXOR LONGUS DIGITORUM PEDIS PROFUNDUS PERFORANS
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A muscle, situate at the posterior and deep-seated part of the leg. It is broader at its middle than at its extremities, the inferior of which is divided into four portions. It arises from the posterior surface of the tibia, and its tendons are attached to the posterior part of the lower surface of the three phalanges of the last four toes. It bends the three phalanges on each other, and the toes on the metatarsus, and extends the foot on the leg. The Accessorius Flexoris Longi Digitarum Pedia, Caro quadrata Sylvii, C. accessoria, Massa carnen Jacobi Sylvii, Plantaris verus, (F.) Accessoire du long flechisseur commun des orteils, Carrie (Chair,) is a small muscle of the sole of the foot, which passes obliquely from the OS calcis to the outer edge of the flexor longus, whose force it augments, and corrects its obliquity.
By Robley Dunglison
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