Leg knee to ankle
anterior
- dorsiflexors
-anterior tibial artery
-deep fibular nerve
lateral
-everters
3 compartments of the leg
-fibular artery
-superficial fibular nerve
posterior ( plantar flexion and inversion of ankle )
-plantar flexors
-posterior tibial, fibular artery
-tibial nerve
gastrocnemius, soleus, plantaris
Superficial Compartment
- principal plantar flexors
-flex the toes and assist in ankle inversion
deep compartment -tibial posterior, flexor digitorum longus , flexor hallucis
longus
point where the patellar ligament attaches
tibial tuberosity
Attachment of quadriceps femoris and IT band
, Anterolateral tubercle (Gertie's)
the top, flat portion of the tibia
tibial plateau
little protrusion between the two condyles on the superior
aspect of tibia
intercondylar eminence
neck of fibula
joint between fibula (head) and tibia (lateral condyle),
proximal tibiofibular joint
planar type synovial joint
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