Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

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KEYWORDS: Leg, Muscles and tendons, Peripheral nervous system.

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Dissection of posterior aspect of left leg

Nerves to deep flexor muscles, close-up view of upper area of leg

The tibial nerve has been elevated and put under traction to stretch the various muscular branches that have been exposed within the dissected area.

1 .	Popliteal artery
2 .	Oblique popliteal ligament
3 .	Lateral inferior genicular artery
4 .	Tibial nerve (elevated)
5 .	Muscular branch Tibial nerve (to popliteus muscle and tibialis posterior muscle)
6 .	Muscular branch of tibial nerve (to flexor digitorum longus muscle)
7 .	Body of fibula
8 .	Anterior tibial artery (passing into anterior compartment of leg)
9 .	Posterior tibial artery
10 .	Soleus muscle (origin)
11 .	Muscular branch of tibial nerve (to flexor hallucis longus muscle)
12 .	Peroneal artery
13 .	Tibialis posterior muscle
14 .	Flexor hallucis longus muscle
15 .	Medial inferior genicular artery
16 .	Semimembranosus muscle (insertion)
17 .	Gracilis muscle (insertion)
18 .	Sartorius muscle (insertion)
19 .	Semitendinosus muscle (insertion)
20 .	Flexor digitorum longus muscle
21 .	Posterior tibial veins