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  • noun Alternative form of peroneus.

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Examples

  • By possessing the muscle termed ‘peronaeus longus’.

    Essays 2007

  • As to the muscles, there is a short flexor, a short extensor, and a ‘peronaeus longus’, while the tendons of the long flexors of the great toe and of the other toes are united together and with an accessory fleshy bundle.

    Essays 2007

  • The peronaeal nerve descends close to the inner margin of the tendon, J, of the biceps muscle; and, having reached the outer side of the knee, I*, Plate 66, below the insertion of the tendon into the head of the fibula, winds round the neck of this bone under cover of the peronaeus longus muscle, S, to join the anterior tibial artery.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • Between the extensor communis digitorum, B b, and the peronaeus longus, F, it sends in a strong process to be attached to the fibula, E.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • The peronaeus tertius or anterior, is that part of the common extensor muscle which is inserted into the base of the fifth metatarsal bone.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • The peronaeus brevis muscle; i, the peronaeus tertius.

    Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

  • The possession of a muscle named peronaeus longus.

    Thomas Henry Huxley A Sketch Of His Life And Work Mitchell, P Chalmers 1900

  • Every Monkey and Lemur exhibits the characteristic arrangement of tarsal bones, possesses a short flexor and short extensor muscle, and a 'peronaeus longus'.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • By possessing the muscle termed 'peronaeus longus'.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

  • But perhaps the most absolutely distinctive character about the muscles of the foot is the existence of what is termed the 'peronaeus longus', a long muscle fixed to the outer bone of the leg, and sending its tendon to the outer ankle, behind and below which it passes, and then crosses the foot obliquely to be attached to the base of the great toe.

    Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

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