Fibularis longus tendon
Tendo musculi fibularis longi
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- What it is
- Passes behind the lateral malleolus, along the side of the calcaneus and through the groove of the cuboid, then obliquely across the deep sole to the medial cuneiform and base of the first metatarsal.
- Function
- Everts the foot and depresses the first metatarsal head.
- Size
- About 25 cm long, 5 mm diameter.
- Clinical note
- Tears or subluxation of the fibular tendons behind the malleolus follow ankle sprains and cause persistent lateral ankle pain.