Unit 4- Anterior And Lateral Leg Flashcards
Which leg bone is weight bearing?
Tibia
The tibia forms the ____ ____ of the ankle joint
Medial malleolus
Function of fibula
Provides muscular attachment
Forms lateral malleolus of ankle joint
What joins the tibia and fibula, and is the origin of a number of leg muscles?
Provides no significant role in force transmission
Interosseous membrane
The “hinge” joint with the femur. AKA the knee joint
Tibial plateaux
Where the tendon from the thigh muscles and patella attaches, that moves the lower leg forwards at the knee joint- the extensor muscles
Tibial tuberosity
Part of the fibula that forms the bony lump on the outside of the ankle joint
Lateral malleolus
Bottom of the tibia, forms a “hinge” jointwith the talus bone of the foot
Ankle joint
Part of the tibia forms the bony lump on the inside of the ankle joint
Medial malleolous
The leg is divided into what compartments?
Anterior, lateral and posterior
What separates the leg compartments?
Anterior and posterior intermuscular septa and the interosseous membrane
Contents of the anterior compartment
Extensor digitorum longus
Extensor hallucis longus
Anterior tibial artery and vein
Deep fibular (peroneal) nerve
Tibialis anterior
Contents of the lateral compartment
Superficial fibular nerve
fibularis longus
fibularis brevis
Location of the flexor compartment
anterior to the interosseous membrane between the lateral surface of the tibia and the medial surface of the fibula
the flexor compartment is enclosed by what?
the deep fascia of the leg (which is a continuatin of the fascia of the thigh)
Where is the flexor compartment denser?
superiorly
The flexor compartment, AKA:
anterior compartment
why does the anterior compartment have an increased risk for compartment syndrome?
due to the small size of the compartment and its tight fascial borders
The fibular nerves (ARE/ARE NOT) in the same compartment as the fibular vessels
are not
The superior extensor retinaculum transverses from the ____ to the ______ proximal to the ____
Fibula
Tibia
Malleoli
The inferior extensor retinaculum is a Y shaped ____ ____ band extending from ___ ___ ___ to the:
deep fascial
anterior superior calcaneous
tibial malleolus and plantar aponeurosis