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The opening created by two adjacent pedicles
What is the INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN?
Numbness of the dorsum of the foot is accompanied with this motor deficit
What is LOSS OF EVERSION?
The posterior tibial artery travels with this nerve
What is the TIBIAL NERVE?
This is the strongest plantarflexor in the body
What is the SOLEUS?
This muscle's tendon is also known as the freshman nerve
What is the PLANTARIS?
The remnant of the notochord that imparts shock absorption to an intervertebral disc
What is the NUCLEUS PULPOSUS?
Loss of dorsiflexion is accompanied by numbness here
What is the 1ST WEBSPACE?
The small saphenous vein tracks with this nerve
What is the SURAL NERVE?
This muscle everts AND plantarflexes the foot
What is the FIBULARIS (PERONEUS) LONGUS?
This is the deep fascia of the leg
What is the CRURAL FASCIA?
Collapse of the anterior portion of thoracic vertebral bodies results in this type of deformity
What is KYPHOSIS OR HUMPBACK?
If the sole of the foot is numb, these would be the accompanying motor deficits
What are LOSS OF TOE FLEXION & most PLANTARFLEXION AND WEAKNESS OF INVERSION
The deep fibular nerve travels with this vessel
What is the ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY?
To increase the stoutness of this muscle one should laterally rotate the femur on a fixed tibia
What is the POPLITEUS?
If the sesamoid bones of the 1st metatarsal slip from their plateau, this condition may result
What is a BUNION?
Introduction of spinal anesthesia requires a needle to punch thru this ligament spanning laminae
What is the LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM?
Loss of knee extension is accompanied by numbness here
The dorsalis pedis travels with this nerve in the foot
What is the DEEP FIBULAR NERVE?
Pain along the anterior crest of the tibia may be due to overuse of this muscle
What is the TIBIALIS ANTERIOR?
The posterior tibial vein empties into this vessel
What is the POPLITEAL VEIN?
These small muscles lie deep to the erector spinae and serve to fine-tune vertebral position
What are the ROTATORES AND/OR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLES?
The locations of paresthesia that would accompany a complete inability to invert and evert the foot following a single nerve lesion
What are SOLE OF THE FOOT, DORSUM OF THE FOOT AND LATERAL LEG?
In the leg, the saphenous nerve travels with this blood vessel
What is the GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN?
A workout of this calf muscle may entail big toe curls
What is the FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS?
Another name for the Achilles tendon