Lateral compartment of leg
Appearance
Lateral compartment of leg | |
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Details | |
Artery | fibular artery |
Nerve | superficial fibular nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | compartimentum cruris laterale |
TA98 | A04.7.01.009 |
TA2 | 2651 |
FMA | 45185 |
Anatomical terminology |
Muscles
The lateral compartment of the leg contains:
Action
- Foot evertors
- Foot plantarflexion
Nerve Supply
The lateral compartment of the leg is supplied by the superficial fibular nerve (superficial peroneal nerve).
Blood Supply
Its proximal and distal arterial supply consists of perforating branches of the anterial tibial artery and fibular artery.[3]
Additional images
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Animation. Fibularis longus (blue) and fibularis brevis (red).
See also
References
- ^ latleg at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- ^ Moore, Dally, and Agur (2014). Moore Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Table 5.10, p 591.
- ^ Khan, Irfan A.; Mahabadi, Navid; D’Abarno, Anthony; Varacallo, Matthew (2020). "Anatomy, Bony Pelvis and Lower Limb, Leg Lateral Compartment". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
External links
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