Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of posterior aspect of left leg
Nerves to deep flexor muscles, close-up view of upper area of leg
Image #195-7
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.
- Popliteal artery
- Oblique popliteal ligament
- Lateral inferior genicular artery
- Tibial nerve (elevated)
- Muscular branch Tibial nerve (to popliteus muscle and tibialis posterior muscle)
- Muscular branch of tibial nerve (to flexor digitorum longus muscle)
- Body of fibula
- Anterior tibial artery (passing into anterior compartment of leg)
- Posterior tibial artery
- Soleus muscle (origin)
- Muscular branch of tibial nerve (to flexor hallucis longus muscle)
- Peroneal artery
- Tibialis posterior muscle
- Flexor hallucis longus muscle
- Medial inferior genicular artery
- Semimembranosus muscle (insertion)
- Gracilis muscle (insertion)
- Sartorius muscle (insertion)
- Semitendinosus muscle (insertion)
- Flexor digitorum longus muscle
- Posterior tibial veins