
Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Sagittal sections of right foot
Section through medial part of foot, viewed from lateral side
Image #205-6
KEYWORDS: Foot and toes.
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Sagittal sections of right foot
Section through medial part of foot, viewed from lateral side
The plane of section passes through the calcaneus posteriorly and the shaft of the second metatarsal anteriorly, displaying the medial part of the longitudinal arch of the foot.
- Flexor digitorum longus muscle (sectioned nearly longitudinally)
- Posterior tibial artery (sectioned longitudinally)
- Tibial nerve
- Talocrural articulation
- Flexor hallucis longus muscle (tendon cut obliquely)
- Tendo calcaneus
- Tuberosity of calcaneus
- Abductor digiti minimi muscle (fibers pass obliquely laterally)
- Plantar aponeurosis
- Lateral plantar artery
- Left pointer: Calcaneocuboid articulation Right pointer: Cuboid bone
- Flexor digitorum brevis muscle
- Quadratus plantae muscle
- Peroneus longus muscle (tendon of insertion, faintly visible)
- Oblique head of adductor hallucis muscle
- Flexor digitorum longus muscle (tendons distal to attachment of quadratus plantae)
- Transverse head of adductor hallucis muscle
- Plantar ligament
- Tibia
- Tibialis anterior muscle (sectioned longitudinally)
- Subtalar articulation
- Left pointer: Tarsal sinus Right pointer: Neck of talus
- Extensor hallucis longus muscle
- Left pointer: Head of talus Right pointer: Talocalcaneonavicular articulation
- Navicular bone
- Lateral cuneiform bone
- Intermediate cuneiform bone
- Base of 2nd metatarsal bone
- Plantar arch
- 1st dorsal interosseus muscle (visible both above and below metatarsal)
- 2nd dorsal interosseus muscle
- 2nd metatarsophalangeal articulations