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Several effective exercises target the muscles in the lower leg, including the calves, tibialis anterior, and other supporting muscles. Calf raises are a foundational exercise: standing with feet hip-width apart, you raise your heels off the ground and lower them back down, effectively strengthening the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles.
The calf (pl.: calves; Latin: sura) is the back portion of the lower leg in human anatomy. [1] The muscles within the calf correspond to the posterior compartment of the leg. The two largest muscles within this compartment are known together as the calf muscle and attach to the heel via the Achilles tendon.
Lower limb, Leg, Anterior Compartment lateral condyle of tibia, superior ¾ of interosseous membrane: middle and distal phalanges of lateral four digits anterior tibial artery: deep fibular nerve: extension of toes and ankle: flexor digitorum longus, flexor digitorum brevis: 2 1 fibularis tertius: Lower limb, Leg, Anterior Compartment
The plantaris muscle and a portion of its tendon run between the two muscles, which is involved in "locking" the knee from the standing position. Since the anterior compartment of the leg is lateral to the tibia, the bulge of muscle medial to the tibia on the anterior side is actually the posterior compartment. The soleus is superficial to the ...
Bones of the right leg. Anterior surface. ... Right knee in extension. Deep dissection. Posterior view. Right knee in extension. ... 17:06-02 at Human Anatomy ...
Between it and the tibialis anterior are the upper portions of the anterior tibial vessels and deep peroneal nerve. The muscle passes under the superior and inferior extensor retinaculum of foot in company with the fibularis tertius , and divides into four slips, which run forward on the dorsum of the foot, and are inserted into the second and ...
The tibialis anterior muscle is the most medial muscle of the anterior compartment of the leg. [1] [better source needed] The muscle ends in a tendon which is apparent on the anteriomedial dorsal aspect of the foot close to the ankle. [citation needed] Its tendon is ensheathed in a synovial sheath.
The anterior compartment of the leg is supplied by the deep fibular nerve (deep peroneal nerve), a branch of the common fibular nerve. The nerve contains axons from the L4, L5, and S1 spinal nerves. Blood for the compartment is supplied by the anterior tibial artery, which runs between the tibialis anterior and extensor digitorum longus muscles.