Leg

Question 1

Posterior compartment - nerve supply

Answer 1

Tibial nerve

Question 2

Posterior compartment - superficial muscles (4)

Answer 2

Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Plantaris
Popliteus

Question 3

Posterior compartment - gastrocnemius location

Answer 3

Most superficial, has 2 heads

Question 4

Posterior compartment - gastrocnemius function

Answer 4

Plantar-flex ankle and toes

Question 5

Posterior compartment - soleus location

Answer 5

deep to gastrocnemius, large and flat like a sole fish

Question 6

Posterior compartment - soleus function

Answer 6

Plantar-flex ankle and toes

Question 7

Posterior compartment - plantaris location

Answer 7

Small muscle with a long tendon

Very thin

Question 8

Posterior compartment - plantaris function

Answer 8

Plantar-flex ankle and toes

Question 9

Posterior compartment - popliteus location

Answer 9

Lies behind the knee joint

Question 10

Posterior compartment - popliteus function

Answer 10

Unlocks the knee joint

Question 11

Posterior compartment - deep muscles (3)

Answer 11

Flexor halluces longus (FHL)
Flexor digitorum longus (FDL)
Tibialis posterior (TP)

Question 12

Posterior compartment - FHL location

Answer 12

Lateral side of the leg (weird bcos it acts on the big toe)

Question 13

Posterior compartment - FHL function

Answer 13

Flexes big toe

Question 14

Posterior compartment - FDL location

Answer 14

Medially

Question 15

Posterior compartment - FLD function

Answer 15

Flexes the lateral 4 toes

Question 16

Posterior compartment - tibialis posterior location

Answer 16

Deepest

Lies between FDL and FHL

Question 17

Posterior compartment - tibialis posterior function

Answer 17

Inverts and plantar flexes foot (up on tiptoes)

Question 18

Anterior compartment - muscles (4)

Answer 18

Tibialis anterior
Extensor hallucis longus (EHL)
Extensor digitorum longus (EDL)
Fibularis tertius

Question 19

Anterior compartment - nerve supply

Answer 19

Deep fibular nerve

Question 20

Anterior compartment - arterial supply

Answer 20

Anterior tibial artery

Question 21

Anterior compartment - tibialis anterior location

Answer 21

Most anterior

Question 22

Anterior compartment - tibialis anterior function

Answer 22

Dorsiflexion of foot

Inversion of foot

Question 23

Anterior compartment - EDL location

Answer 23

Lateral and deep to tibias anterior

Question 24

Anterior compartment - EDL function

Answer 24

Extends lateral 4 toes

Dorsiflexion of foot

Question 25

Anterior compartment - EHL location

Answer 25

Deep to the EDL and tibialis anterior

Question 26

Anterior compartment - EHL function

Answer 26

Extends the big toe

Dorsiflexion of foot

Question 27

Anterior compartment - fibularis tertius location

Answer 27

Most inferior part of EDL

Some people don’t have it

Question 28

Anterior compartment - fibularis tertius function

Answer 28

Eversion and dorsiflexion of foot

Question 29

Lateral compartment - muscles (2)

Answer 29

Fibularis longus

Fibularis brevis

Question 30

Lateral compartment - nerve supply

Answer 30

Superficial fibular nerve

Question 31

Lateral compartment - function

Answer 31

Eversion of foot

Question 32

Lateral compartment - fibularis longus location

Answer 32

More superficial and larger

Question 33

Lateral compartment - fibularis brevis location

Answer 33

Deeper and shorter than fibulas longus