7 - Anterior and Lateral Leg Flashcards
What forms the anterior, lateral and posterior compartments of the leg?
Tibia, fibula, interosseous membrane, anterior and posterior intermuscular septa
What is the common action of the anterior compartment?
Dorsiflexion/extension
What bounds the anterior compartment?
Anteriorly: skin and deep fascia
Medially: LATERAL tibia
Posteriorly: interosseous membrane
Laterally: anterior intermuscular septa
Why is this compartment more vulnerable to compartment syndrome?
- it is bound on 3 sides by fairly rigid structures (tibia, fibula and interosseous membrane (tough and fibrous like fascia)
- unlike in the thigh there isn;t a lot of empty space and is tight
What are the muscles, nerve supply and blood supply to the anterior compartment of the leg?
- Tibialis Anterior
- Extensor Digitorium Longus (more anterior to hallucis)
- Extensor Hallucis Longus
- Peroneus Tertius
> Deep Peroneal Nerve
Anterior Tibial Artery
Where does the hip joint have the greatest range of movement?
The hip joint has the greatest range of movement in flexion and abduction, as the joint capsule is the most loose on the anterior and lateral aspects.
What connects the fibula and tibia?
Interosseous Membrane
What muscle lies between the femoral artery and profunda femoris?
Adductor Longus
Where do the muscles of the anterior compartment act?
- On the foot at the ankle joint proper to dorsiflex
- Some act on the subtalar to invert/evert
Where do the anterior tibial artery and deep peroneal nerve run?
Along the interosseous membrane, deep to Extensor Hallucis Longus and Tibialis Anterior
Tibialis Anterior?
O: Superior half of lateral tibia
I: Medial cuneiform and base of the 1st metatarsal
> Inversion and dorsiflexion
Nerve supply to the anterior compartment?
Deep Peroneal
Extensor Digitorum Longus
O: Lateral condyle of tibia, superior medial tibia and interosseous membrane (deep to tib ant)
I: Middle and distal phalanges of lateral 4 toes
> Extend toes and dorsiflex ankle
Extensor Hallucis Longus
O: Middle anterior fibula and interosseous membrane (deep to EDL)
I: Base of the distal phalanx of the great toe
> Extend great toe and dorsiflexes ankle
Peroneus Tertius
O: INFERIOR anterior fibula and interosseous membrane
I: Base of the 5th metatarsal
> Eversion and dorsiflexion
How is dorsiflexion balanced when walking?
Tibialis anterior inverts foot (medial cuneiform and 1st MT)
Peroneus Tertius everts foot (5th MT)
What are the muscles in the lateral compartment of the leg, what is the nerve supply and vascular supply?
Peroneus Longus
Peroneus Brevis
> Superficial Peroneal Nerve
> Peroneal Artery
Peroneus Longus
O: Superior lateral fibula
I: Base of the 1st MT and medial cuneiform
> goes posterior to the lateral malleolus, UNDER the foot and inserts to 1st MT and medial cuneiform
STRONG eversion, weak plantarflexion
Peroneus Brevis
O: Inferior lateral fibula (deep to peroneus brevis)
I: Base of the 5th MT
> also goes around the lateral malleolus
Eversion and weak plantarflexion
What muscles insert at the 5th MT?
Peroneus Tertius and Peroneus Brevis
What muscles insert at the base of the 1st MT and medial cuneiform?
Tibialis Anterior and Peroneus Longus