Group · Muscular system

Anterior compartment of leg

Compartimentum anterius cruris

System: Muscular system
Regions: Lower limb
Part of: Muscles of lower limb

DescriptionUnreviewed

The anterior compartment of the leg is a fascial compartment of the lower limb.

It contains muscles that produce dorsiflexion and participate in inversion and eversion of the foot, as well as vascular and nervous elements including the anterior tibial artery and veins, and the deep fibular nerve.

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Muscle attachments

Origin

Fibula
Tibia

Insertion

Distal phalanx of fifth finger of foot
Distal phalanx of fourth finger of foot
Distal phalanx of second finger of foot
Distal phalanx of third finger of foot
Fifth metatarsal bone
First metatarsal bone
Medial cuneiform bone
Middle phalanx of fifth finger of foot
Proximal phalanx of first finger of foot

Parts

Extensor digitorum longus
Extensor hallucis longus
Fibularis tertius muscle
Tibialis anterior muscle

Names

Latin: Compartimentum anterius cruris
English: Anterior compartment of leg
French: Compartiment antérieur de la jambe
Spanish: Compartimento anterior de la pierna
Portuguese: Compartimento anterior da perna

In the same group

Anterior compartment of thigh
Deep gluteal muscles
Iliopsoas muscle
Lateral compartment of leg
Medial compartment of thigh
Muscles of foot
Posterior compartment of leg
Posterior compartment of thigh
Superficial gluteal muscles