Extensor Digitorum Longus – Essentials

Actions

• Extends toes 2 to 5
• Dorsiflexes foot

Origin

• Lateral tibial condyle
• Proximal 2/3 of anterior fibular shaft
• Interosseus membrane

Insertion

• Middle and distal phalanges of toes 2 to 5
• Extensor expansion

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