Dissection of medial aspect of left foot and ankle
Medial and lateral plantar vessels and nerves, medial view
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Dissection of medial aspect of left foot and ankle
Medial and lateral plantar vessels and nerves, medial view
The abductor hallucis has been excised and the fascia of the plantar part of the foot has been removed. The flexor retinaculum (4) has also been cut away to reveal the posterior tibial vessels and the tibial nerve passing around the ankle into the plantar region of the foot.
- Tibial nerve
- Deep transverse fascia of leg
- Posterior tibial artery (accompanied by posterior tibial veins)
- Flexor retinaculum (divided)
- Calcaneal branch of posterior tibial artery
- Tendo calcaneus (cut off)
- Calcaneus
- Abductor hallucis muscle (origin)
- Plantar aponeurosis (attachment to calcaneus)
- Medial plantar artery
- Lateral plantar nerve
- Lateral plantar artery
- Abductor digiti minimi muscle
- Flexor digitorum brevis muscle
- Flexor digitorum longus muscle
- Tibialis posterior muscle (covered by flexor retinaculum)
- Medial malleolus
- Great saphenous vein
- Medial plantar nerve
- Tibialis anterior muscle (insertion)
- Communicating veins from medial plantar to large saphenous vein
- Tibialis posterior muscle (insertion)
- Flexor hallucis brevis muscle