fibularis longus
A superficial muscle in the lateral compartment of the leg, and acts to evert and plantar flex the ankle. It is situated at the upper part of the lateral side of the leg, and is the most superficial of the three peroneus muscles. It is innervated by the superficial fibular nerve (superficial peroneal nerve). [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroneus_longus ]
Synonyms: peroneus longus muscle, musculus peroneus longus, peroneus longus
Term info
- SCTID:361825008
- FMA:22539
- Wikipedia:Peroneus_longus
- UMLS:C0224469 (ncithesaurus:Peroneus_Longus)
- galen:PeroneusLongus
- NCIT:C53171
- EMAPA:36253
- MA:0002356
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
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peronaeus longus, peroneus longus muscle, peronaei longus, fibularis longus, peroneous longus, fibularis longus muscle
uberon
UBERON:0001387
fibularis longus, Fibularis longus
Term relations
- peroneus
- has muscle insertion some metatarsal bone of digit 1
- has muscle antagonist some tibialis anterior