n human anatomy, the peroneus longus (also known as fibularis longus) is a superficial muscle

in the lateral compartment of the leg, and acts to evert and plantarflex the ankle.

The muscle, the longest and most superficial of the three peroneus muscles, is attached
proximally to the head of the fibula and its 'belly' runs down most of this bone. It becomes a
tendon that goes posteriorly around the lateral malleolus of the ankle, then continues under
the foot to attach to the medial cuneiform and first metatarsal. It is innervated by the
Superficial peroneal nerve (L5,S1) The peroneus muscles (also called fibularis muscles or
peroneals or peronæus) are a group of muscles in the leg. While the muscle group exists in
many variations, it is normally composed of three muscles: peroneus longus, brevis and tertius.
The peroneus muscles originates from lower two-third of the lateral surface of the shaft of the
fibula and the anterior and posterior inter-muscular septa of the leg[1]. It insert onto the
metatarsals.

The peroneus longus and brevis are much more similar to each other than they are to the
peroneus tertius. The longus and brevis are both located in the lateral compartment of the leg,
supplied by the fibular artery and innervated by the superficial fibular nerve, while the tertius in
located in the anterior compartment, supplied by the anterior tibial artery and innervated by
the deep fibular nerve. Another difference between the longus, brevis and tertius is that while
they all evert the foot; the peroneus longus and brevis plantarflex the foot, while the peroneus
tertius dorsiflexes it.