单词 | peroneus tertius |
释义 | peroneus tertiusn. Anatomy and Zoology. A small muscle of the leg, sometimes absent, that arises from the fibula, inserts on to the fifth metatarsal bone, and acts to dorsiflex and evert the foot. ΚΠ 1754 tr. B. S. Albinus Explan. Anat. Fig. Human Skeleton xxiv. 306 The long extensor of the toes, with the peroneus tertius. 1793 J. Bell Anat. Bones, Muscles, & Joints ii. viii. 376 The peronæus tertius should have been described as a flexor of the foot. 1841 Lancet 6 Nov. 202/2 Sometimes also the tendo Achillis, peronoeus tertius, and extensor longus digitorum. 1854 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 6) iv. 305 The tendons of the extensor longus digitorum and peroneus tertius have also a separate loop connected with the cruciform ligament. 1913 Cunningham's Text-bk. Anat. (ed. 4) 953 It [sc. an artery] also supplies branches..to the ankle-joint, and to the peronæus tertius. 1967 G. M. Wyburn et al. Conc. Anat. vi. 172/2 Peroneus tertius. This is a small muscle, not always present, continuous at its origin with extensor digitorum longus. 2004 Foot & Ankle Internat. 25 650 The insertion sites of the peroneus brevis and peroneus tertius tendons on the fifth metatarsal suggest that their actions can impose torsional stresses on the areas of the bone in which Jones fractures and stress fractures occur. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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