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Long digital extensor

Musculus extensor digitorum longus

Extends the digits and flexes the hock.

System
Muscle
Region
Tail
Sides
Paired: left and right
Long digital extensor (Musculus extensor digitorum longus) of the pig, left side: a three-quarter view of the muscle.

Where it runs from and to

A muscle is told apart from its neighbours by what it takes hold of at each end, which is also what decides what it does when it shortens.

Origin
Extensor fossa of the lateral condyle of the femur.
Insertion
Extensor processes of the distal phalanges of the weight-bearing digits.
Action
Extends the digits and flexes the hock.
Nerve
Fibular nerve.

Written for Vetomica in its own words from the standard reference anatomy of the pig; the books it was checked against are listed below.

Terminology

English
Long digital extensor
Latin (NAV)
Musculus extensor digitorum longus
Status
A valid term in the Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
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