Muscles / Lower legs
Fibularis brevis
- Lower legs
- Leg & ankle
- Intermediate layer
Also called peroneus brevis.
Anatomy
- Origin
- Lower two-thirds of the lateral fibula
- Insertion
- Tuberosity on the lateral base of the 5th metatarsal
- Nerve
- Superficial fibular nerve (L5-S2)
Actions
- Everts the foot
- Weakly plantarflexes the ankle
Exercises that train it most
Notes
- Its pull can avulse the base of the 5th metatarsal during inversion injury.
References (5)
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