Extensor digitorum

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Extensor digitorum is a skeletal muscle that originates at lateral epicondyle (common extensor tendon) Inserts to 2nd–5th phalange, and is supplied by (artery, and nerve), and its actions include:posterior interosseous nerve (C7, C8) extension of hand and fingers



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