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The largest and most powerful of the deep muscles of the leg. (The other deep leg muscles are the flexor digitorum longus and the tibialis posterior.)
Often abbreviated to FHL.
This muscle is involved with the posterior ankle decompression and FHL transfer procedures detailed on this site.
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