The lateral compartment of the leg is a fascial compartment of the lower leg. It contains muscles which make eversion and plantarflexion of the foot.
Lateral compartment of leg | |
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Details | |
Artery | Fibular artery |
Nerve | Superficial fibular nerve |
Identifiers | |
Latin | compartimentum cruris laterale |
TA98 | A04.7.01.009 |
TA2 | 2651 |
FMA | 45185 |
Anatomical terminology |
Muscles edit
The lateral compartment of the leg contains:
Action edit
- Foot evertors
- Foot plantarflexion
Nerve supply edit
The lateral compartment of the leg is supplied by the superficial fibular nerve (superficial peroneal nerve).
Blood supply edit
Its proximal and distal arterial supply consists of perforating branches of the anterior tibial artery and fibular artery.[3]
Additional images edit
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Animation. Fibularis longus (blue) and fibularis brevis (red).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ latleg at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- ^ Moore, Dally, and Agur (2014). Moore Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Table 5.10, p 591.
- ^ Khan, Irfan A.; Mahabadi, Navid; D’Abarno, Anthony; Varacallo, Matthew (2020). "Anatomy, Bony Pelvis and Lower Limb, Leg Lateral Compartment". StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing. PMID 30137811. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
External links edit
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