extensor digitorum brevis

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Introduction

Muscle of dorsum of the foot.

Origin

dorsal surface of the calcaneus

Insertion

Action

  • extends lateral 4 toes, 2-5

Innervation

deep fibular nerve

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999