Extensor Digitorum Brevis

Origin = Distal portion of the calcaneus, lateral surface.

Insertion = Base of the proximal phalanx of the great toe, and tendons of the extensor digitorum longus of the second, third and fourth toes.

Action = Extends the metatarsophalangeal joints of the first through fourth toes.


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