Lane Medical Library

Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Posterior aspect of left ankle and foot

Grooves for flexor tendons and peroneal tendons at ankle, posterior view

Image #199-5

KEYWORDS: Ankle, Bones joints cartilage, Foot and toes, Muscles and tendons.

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Posterior aspect of left ankle and foot
Grooves for flexor tendons and peroneal tendons at ankle, posterior view
The tendons have been cut off and removed from the various grooves across the posterior part of the ankle joint.
1 . Peroneal artery
2 . Interosseous membrane
3 . Fibula
4 . Malleolar branch of lateral peroneal artery
5 . Groove for tendon of peroneus brevis muscle
6 . Groove for tendon of peroneus longus muscle
7 . Lateral malleolus
8 . Calcaneal branch of peroneal artery
9 . Talocrural articular capsule
10 . Tendo calcaneus
11 . Peroneus longus muscle (tendon, cut off)
12 . Tibia
13 . Branch of common peroneal artery
14 . Groove for tibialis posterior muscle (behind medial malleolus)
15 . Groove for flexor digitorum longus muscle
16 . Flexor retinaculum
17 . Groove for flexor hallucis longus muscle
18 . Tibialis posterior muscle (tendon, cut off)
19 . Position of sustentaculum tali
20 . Metatarsal bone