Flexor hallucis longus

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Flexor hallucis longus is a skeletal muscle that originates at fibula, posterior aspect of upper 1/3 Inserts to base of distal phalanx of hallux, and is supplied by (artery, nerve) and actions include Peroneal artery (peroneal branch of the posterior tibial artery tibial nerve, S1, S2 nerve roots flexes all joints of the Hallux, plantar flexion of the ankle joint

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