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Flexor Digitorum Tertii Internodii, seu Perforans, sive Sublimis.
THis ariseth Fleshy,* 1.1 and long from the back part of the Tibia, running, and adhering according to its length, to the middle of it, and there becoming a Tendon, is carried to the Internal Matleolus, where it becomes round, and is carried under the Ligament that proceeds from the lower Ap∣pendix of the Tibia, to the Os Calcis, and then divides it self into four Tendons, which terminates at the third Joynt of the four lesser Toes.
The Toes of the Feet are both contracted,* 1.2 extended, and moved laterally; And for these three Motions, Nature hath designed three kind of Muscles, and these are called either Flexors, Extensors, or Oblique Movers; four of these are im∣planted in the Leg; as this first, the Flexor of the Great Toe, and the Extensor of the third Joynt of the Toe, and the Extensor Pollicis; the other in the Foot.
L. L. L. L. Shews the four Tendons of this Muscle at Tab. 37. Fig. 2. B. Shews the Tendon of this Muscle, Tab. 37. Fig. 2. D. D. D. Shews its Flesby part, E. E. E. E. Shews its four Tendons, F. F. F. F. Shews these also and their Originations at Tab. 37. Fig. 2. H. Shews this also at Tab. 34. Fig. 1. I. Shews its middle part, K. Its Exquite Tendon, D. D. E. Shews the same, Fig. 2. id. Tab.