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Foot and ankle
Published in Pankaj Sharma, Nicola Maffulli, Practice Questions in Trauma and Orthopaedics for the FRCS, 2017
Pankaj Sharma, Nicola Maffulli
The flexor hallucis longus originates from the distal two-thirds of the posterior fibula, interosseous membrane and adjacent inter-muscular septum. It passes behind the medial malleolus, and grooves both the talus and the sustentaculum tali as it passes into the plantar aspect of the foot. At the knot of Henry the tendon passes superior to the tendon of the flexor digitorum longus, crossing it from lateral to medial. It runs forward between the two heads of the flexor hallucis brevis, and is inserted into the base of the distal phalanx of the great toe. The flexor hallucis longus flexes the great toe at the foot and assists in plantar flexion of the foot at the ankle.
Lower limb
Published in David Heylings, Stephen Carmichael, Samuel Leinster, Janak Saada, Bari M. Logan, Ralph T. Hutchings, McMinn’s Concise Human Anatomy, 2017
David Heylings, Stephen Carmichael, Samuel Leinster, Janak Saada, Bari M. Logan, Ralph T. Hutchings
Flexor hallucis longus - from the posterior of the fibula, with a tendon that grooves the posterior of the talus and then crosses medially in the sole (deep to flexor digito- rum longus) to reach the base of the distal phalanx of the great toe (Fig.8.18). It is innervated by the tibial nerve.
The Leg
Published in Gene L. Colborn, David B. Lause, Musculoskeletal Anatomy, 2009
Gene L. Colborn, David B. Lause
The flexor hallucis longus arises from the fibula, thereby gaining additional mechanical advantage, as its tendon exits from the medial aspect of the leg into the foot - and inserts upon the plantar surface of the distal phalanx of the great toe. The flexor digitorum longus arises from the tibia and inserts into the distal phalanges of the other digits. Both muscles produce plantar (toward the ground) flexion of the toes and foot.
Anatomic study of septocutaneous system of the human fetuses’ lower leg: peroneal artery
Published in Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, 2023
Goran Stevanović, Stefan Momčilović
Peroneal septocutaneous perforating vessels erupted from posterior intermuscular septum of the lower leg, proximally between m. soleus and m. peroneus brevis, distally in a layer between m. flexor hallucis longus and m. peroneus brevis. In 11 fresh cadaveric dissections of the lower legs, it was found that the number of septocutaneous perforating vessels of peroneal artery amounted to 4, in 23 dissections their number was 5, while in six dissections peroneal artery separated the six septocutaneous perforating vessels, with an average value of 4.87 ± 0.65 (total 195 perforators).