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Posterior view of nerves and arteries of the right leg

Posterior view of nerves and arteries of the right leg — Peripheral nerves
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After Morris's Human Anatomy; modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Posterior view of nerves and arteries of the right leg. Posterior view of the limb.

Region
limb
Structure
leg
View
posterior
System
peripheral nerves, arteries, veins, muscle, bone, joint
Focus
tibial nerve, common fibular nerve, sural nerve, posterior tibial artery

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Popliteal vein
  • Popliteal artery
  • Vastus medialis
  • Adductor magnus
  • Articular branch
  • Tibial nerve
  • Semimembranosus
  • Medial head of gastrocnemius
  • Lateral head of gastrocnemius
  • Popliteus
  • Soleus (cut)
  • Posterior tibial artery
  • Muscular branch
  • Flexor digitorum longus
  • Tibialis posterior
  • Tendo calcaneus (Achillis)
  • Medial calcaneal nerves
  • Laciniate ligament
  • Medial sural cutaneous nerve
  • Common peroneal nerve
  • Lateral sural cutaneous nerve
  • Muscular branches
  • Plantar muscle
  • Head of fibula
  • Interosseus cruris nerve
  • Peroneal artery
  • Flexor hallucis longus
  • Peroneus longus
  • Flexor hallucis longus (cut)
  • Sural nerve
  • Lateral calcaneal branches

Source: After Morris's Human Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Morris's Human Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.