Unit 5: Distal Lower limb Flashcards
What muscle is shown in the image?
Tibialis anterior
Tendon to the big toe
What muscle is shown in the image?
Extensor digitorum longus
Tendon to the second to fifth digit
What muscle is shown in the image?
Extensor hallucis longus
What muscle is shown in the image?
Fibularis tertius
Tendon to fifth digit
What muscle is shown in the image?
Flexor hallucis longus
What muscle is shown in the image?
Tibialis posterior muscle
What muscle is shown in the image?
Flexor digitorum longus
What muscle is shown in the image?
Gastrocnemius
What muscle is shown in the image?
Soleus muscle
What muscle is shown in the image?
Plantaris muscle
What muscles make up the anterior leg?
Tibiaiis anterior
Extendor digitorum longus
Extendor hallucis longus
Fibularis tertius
What muscles make up the lateral leg?
Fibularis longus
Fibularis brevis
What muscle is shown in the image?
Fibularis longus
What muscle is shown in the image?
Fibularis brevis
What muscles make up the deep posterior compartment of the leg?
From medial to lateral
Tibialis posterior
Flexor digitorum longus
Flexor digitorum hallucis
What muscles make up the superficial posterior compartment of the leg?
Soleus muscle
Plantaris muscle
Gastrocnemius muscle
What is the popliteal fossa?
A diamond shaped depression on the posterior surface of the knee.
Covered in a large amount of fat proportional to the anterior surface in order to protect the structures within the fossa
What are the different boundaries of the popliteal fossa?
superomedial - semimembranous
Superolateral -biceps femoris
inferior - gastrocnemius
Floor is the surface of the femur
Roof if the skin and fascia
What can be found within the popliteal fossa?
Popliteal artery
Popliteal vein - drained into by the small sapehnous
Tibial nerve
Common fibular nerve
Both nerves are branches from the sciatic nerve
These sructures run from medial to lateral and get more superficial
What is the common function and innervation of the muscles within the anterior compartment of the leg?
Dorsiflexion of the foot
Deep fibular nerve - branch of the common fibula nerve
Describe the general location of the anterior muscles of the leg
All are lateral to the anterior tibial crest found on the middle anterior tibia
Insert between the medial and lateral malleolous (ankle bumps)
What is the order of the anterior compartment of the leg muscles from medial to lateral?
Tibialis anterior
Extensor hallucis longus
Extensor digitorum longus
Fibularis tertius
What function is unique within the anterior compartment of the leg to the fibularis tertius?
Aids eversion
Where are the muscles of the lateral leg found?
Posterior to the lateral malleolus and anterior to the calcaneous.
What is the common function and innervation of the muscles of the lateral leg?
Mainly eversion and assist plantar flexion
Lateral superficial fibular nerve - a branch of the common fibular nerve
Which of the lateral leg muscles is most superficial?
Fibularis longus
What is the function of the calcaneous tendon in relation to the muscles of the leg?
Serves as a common point of attachment for all superficial posterior muscles in the leg.
What is the common function of the superficial posterior leg muscles?
Plantar flexion
What is the common function of all deep posterior leg muscles?
Assist plantar flexion
Where are the tendons of the posterior deep leg muscles found?
Between the calcaneous and the medial malleonous.
What is the common innervation of the superficial and deep posterior muscles of the leg?
Tibial nerve
What is the general function of the layout of the bones within the foot?
Creates a longitudinal arch, helps carry weight evenly over the balls of the feet. This helps with balance and supporting body weight
What is the function of the talus bone?
Most superior of the tarsal bones
Transfers weight from the tibia to the rest of the foot.
Reinforced by the medial and lateral malleolus
Allows plantar and dorsiflexion movements (hinged synovial joints)
What joint in the foot is responsible for eversion and inversion?
The subtalar joint
Talus joins with the navicular anteriorly and the calcaneus posteriorly.
Give an overview of the layout of the bones within the foot
Calcaneous - heel bone
Talus -link to tibia
Navicular - anterior to the talus (plane joint -need to check)
Anterior to the navicular and the medial, intermediate and lateral cuniform which joint to their own metatarsal
The cuboid is a sqaure shaped bone that is the last of the tarsal on the lateral side and joins up to the fourth and fifth metatarsal
What is the extensor retinaculum in the foot?
A layer of connective tissue on the anterior surface of the foot, holds down tednons on the foor against the tibia, this allows efficient action from muscle contraction.