Difference between revisions of "DEEP POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG-POPLITEUS"
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[[Summary Article| | ===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] ===== | ||
1. O: lateral aspect of lateral femoral condyle & lateral meniscus. | |||
<br/>2. I: posterior tibia (above soleal line). | <br/>2. I: posterior tibia (above soleal line). | ||
<br/>3. NS: tibial n. | <br/>3. NS: tibial n. | ||
<br/>4. A: unlocks the knee by rotating the femur clockwise on the fixed tibia; weak flexor of knee. | <br/>4. A: unlocks the knee by rotating the femur clockwise on the fixed tibia; weak flexor of knee. | ||
<br/>[[Image:Gray439-Musculus_popliteus.png]] | <br/>[[Image:Gray439-Musculus_popliteus.png]] | ||
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray439-Musculus_popliteus.png via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 30 Sep. 2019]. | <br/><b>Image:</b> Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gray439-Musculus_popliteus.png via Wikimedia Commons] [Accessed 30 Sep. 2019]. | ||
==Reference(s)== | ==Reference(s)== | ||
Revision as of 08:38, 30 December 2022
SUMMARY
1. O: lateral aspect of lateral femoral condyle & lateral meniscus.
2. I: posterior tibia (above soleal line).
3. NS: tibial n.
4. A: unlocks the knee by rotating the femur clockwise on the fixed tibia; weak flexor of knee.
Image: Henry Vandyke Carter [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 30 Sep. 2019].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
