Posterior view of the deep leg muscles

About this plate

Posterior view of the deep leg muscles. Posterior view of the limb.

Region

limb

Structure

leg

View

posterior

System

muscle, bone, joint

Focus

popliteus muscle, tibialis posterior muscle, flexor digitorum longus muscle, flexor hallucis longus muscle

Structures labelled on this plate

• Inner head of gastrocnemius
• Tendon of semiten- dinosus
• Biceps
• Plantaris
• Oblique poplit. lig
• Outer hea of gastrocn
• Semimem- branosus
• Arcuate popliteal lig
• Tendon of gracilis
• Popliteus
• Capitul of fibula
• Tibialis poste- rior
• Flexor digi- torum longus
• Peroneus
• Flexor hallucis longus
• Tendon of tibialis post
• Tendon of flexor digitorum
• Calcanees tendon
• Laciniate lig
• Sup. peron retinacule
• Tuber of calcaneus

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.