Lower Limb — Flashcards

_____ ligament is the stabilizer of medial longitudinal arch and the head of the talus

Linea aspera gives attachment to the _____, intermuscular septa and the short head of biceps femoris. (muscle and fascia)

The _____ nerve splits into the common peroneal/fibular nerve and the tibial nerve

The great saphenous vein courses superiorly from the _____, anterior to the medial malleolus, and up the medial aspect of the leg / thigh

Peroneus _____ muscles belongs to the lateral compartment of the leg.

Hint: 2

The saphenous nerve is _____ to the femoral artery in the adductor canal.

_____ division of obturator nerve supplies adductor magnus, obturator externus.

Peroneus _____ is inserted on base of first metatarsal & medial cuneiform bone

The slings involved in _____ longitudinal arch are the peroneus longus and brevis muscles.

The _____ nerve travels with the popliteal artery through the popliteal fossa.