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'''''Long digital extensor'''''
 
'''''Long digital extensor'''''
:Origin - extensor fossa of the femur.
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:'''Origin''': Extensor fossa of the femur, shared tendon of origin with the third fibular muscle
:Insertion - extensor process of the third phalanx, and the dorsal surfaces of the proximal extremities of the first and second phalanges.
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:'''Insertion''': Extensor process of the third phalanx, and the dorsal surfaces of the proximal extremities of the first and second phalanges
:Its tendon of insertion passes over the front of the hock, and is held in place by three annular ligaments and a synovial sheath. The tendon of the lateral digital extensor joins the tendon a hands breath distal of the tarsus.
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:'''Action''': Extends the digits, assists in flexing the tarsus
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:Its tendon of insertion passes over the front of the hock, and is held in place by three annular ligaments (proximal, middle and distal) and a synovial sheath. The tendon of the lateral digital extensor joins the tendon in the approximately the middle of the third metatarsal (cannon) bone. It is also joined by two branches of the suspensory ligament before its insertion.
    
'''''Lateral digital extensor'''''
 
'''''Lateral digital extensor'''''
:Origin - lateral patella ligament, fibula, lateral border of the tibia and the interosseous ligament.
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:'''Origin''': Lateral patella ligament, proximal fibula, lateral border of the tibia and the interosseous ligament. It lies between the long digital extensor muscle and the long flexor muscle of the first digit.
:Insertion - the long digital extensor tendon.
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:'''Insertion''': Long digital extensor tendon
:It appears to have no function, apart from maybe to support the long digital extensor.
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:'''Action''': It appears to have no function, apart from maybe to support the long digital extensor.
    
=='''Caudal Muscles of the Crus'''==
 
=='''Caudal Muscles of the Crus'''==
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