EXTENSOR COMMUNIS DIGITORUM PEDIS
\ɛkstˈɛnsə kəmjˈuːniz dˌɪd͡ʒɪtˈɔːɹəm pˈɛdɪz], \ɛkstˈɛnsə kəmjˈuːniz dˌɪdʒɪtˈɔːɹəm pˈɛdɪz], \ɛ_k_s_t_ˈɛ_n_s_ə k_ə_m_j_ˈuː_n_i_z d_ˌɪ_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˈɔː_ɹ_ə_m p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_z]\
Definitions of EXTENSOR COMMUNIS DIGITORUM PEDIS
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This muscle, also, is situate at the anterior part of the leg. It, is long, thin, flattened, simple, and fleshy above, and divided into four tendons below. It arises from the outer tuberosity of the tibia and the anterior surface of the fibula, and is inserted into the superior part of the posterior extremity of the second and third phalanges of the last four toes. It extends the three phalanges of these toes.
By Robley Dunglison
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- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).