The Leg Flashcards
Tibia
Weightbearing bone Condyles Soleal line Intercondylar eminence Medial malleolus Tibial Tuberosity
Fibula
A slender lateral bone of the leg for muscle attachments
Head
Neck
Lateral Malleolus
Interosseus Membrane
Connects tibia and fibula
Cutaneous Innervation
Dermatomes
Saphenous
Sural nerves
Superficial peroneal nerve
Saphenous Nerve
L3, L4
Branch of femoral
Supplies skin on medial side of the leg
Sural Nerves
Branches of tibial and common peroneal nerves
Medial Sural Cutaneous nerve = branch of tibial
Lateral “” = branch of common peroneal
Sural Communicating nerve = branch of lateral sural cutaneous, joins with medial sural cutaneous
Sural Nerve = Formed by junction of medial sural and communicating sural cutaneous nerves
Superficial Peroneal Nerve
Branch of common peroneal
Courses through lateral compartment
Supplies skin of anterolateral leg and dorsum of the foot
Superiicial Veins
Great Saphenous
Small Saphenous
Great Saphenous Vein
Begins at foot
Ascends along the medial side of the leg
Drains into the femoral vein
Contains 10-12 valves
Small Saphenous Vein
Begins at the lateral side of the foot
Ascends along the posterior medial leg
Drains into the popliteal vein posterior to the knee joint
Crural Fascia
Deep fascia of the leg
Continuation of fascia lata inferior to the knee
Attached to anterior and medial borders of fibia
Gives rise to septa and retinaculla
What does Crural Fascia Give rise to
Anterior intermuscular septum Posterior Transverse Superior extensor retinaculum Inferior extensor retinaculum Flexor retinaculum
Compartments in the leg
Anterior Lateral and Posterior
What are the compartments in the leg formed by
Intermuscular septa attached to the fibula
The interosseum membrane extending from the fib to the tib
Anterior Compartment
Action?
Located?
Muscles pass…?
Dorsiflexor (extensor)
Located anterior to IO membrane btw anterior intermuscular septum and tibia
Muscles pass anterior to the ankle joint
Muscles in Anterior Compartment
Tibialis Anterior
Extensor Hallicus Longus
Extensor Digitorum Longus
Peroneus Tertius
Tibialis Anterior
Tibia and IO membrane - Med Cuneiform and 1st met
Tibialis ant strain
Shin splints
Strongest dorsiflexor
Extensor Hallucis Longus
Fibula and IO membrane - distal phalanx 1st toe
Deepest muscle in ant comp
Extensor Digitorum Longus
Tibia, fibula and IO membrane - middle and distal phalanges toe 2-5