DEEP POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG-TIBIALIS POSTERIOR
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SUMMARY
1. O: posterior tibia (below soleal line), posterior interosseous membrane & posterior fibula.
2. I: its tendon grooves the back of the medial malleolus, passes above the sustentaculum tali to be inserted into the navicular tuberosity & 3 cuneiforms.
3. NS: tibial n.
4. A: plantar flexion & inversion of foot.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 7 Apr. 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.
