Muscles
What is the name of the muscle that originates at the upper posterior tibia and upper posterior fibula?
Tibialis Posterior
How many muscles does the deep fibular (peroneal) nerve innervate in the leg?
4
This vessel courses inferiorly with the deep fibular (peroneal) nerve on the anterior surface of the interosseous memebrane.
Anterior Tibial Artery
Name the insertion(s) of the muscles(s) that are collectively termed "triceps surae".
Calcaneus
(2 heads of gastrocnemius and soleus)
What nerve innervates the muscle whose action is medial rotation of the leg at the knee joint?
Tibial nerve
In the proximal leg, this artery gives off a branch called the fibular (peroneal) artery.
Posterior tibial artery
Name the insertion of the muscle that is a synergist of fibularis brevis.
inferior surface of medial cuneiform, base of 1st MT
(fibularis longus)
The deep fibular (peroneal) nerve pierces the _____ after changing its course from the lateral compartment of the leg to the _____ compartment?
Anterior intermuscular septum.
Anterior compartment
The fibular (peroneal) artery descends through the _____ compartment of the leg between ____ and ____ muscles.
deep posterior
tibialis posterior
flexor hallucis longus
Name the origin of the muscle that shares insertion with the muscle that originates from the lower lateral fibula.
Lower anterior fibula
(Fibularis Tertius)
The _____ nerve(s) passes deep to extensor retinacula while the _____ nerve(s) passes deep to the flexor retinacula.
Deep Fibular Nerve
Tibial Nerve
At what boundary does the fibular artery enter the foot?
The fibular artery does NOT enter the foot.