Landmark · Skeletal system
Lateral surface of tibia
Facies lateralis tibiae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Tibia
DescriptionUnreviewed
The lateral surface is narrower than the medial; its upper two-thirds present a shallow groove for the origin of the Tibialis anterior; its lower third is smooth, convex, curves gradually forward to the anterior aspect of the bone, and is covered by the tendons of the Tibialis anterior, Extensor hallucis longus, and Extensor digitorum longus, arranged in this order from the medial side.
Source: Z-Anatomy · Text licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · This text comes from the source data and has not been reviewed by a person yet.
Names
- Latin
- Facies lateralis tibiae
- English
- Lateral surface of tibia
- French
- Face latérale du tibia
- Spanish
- Cara lateral de la tibia
- Portuguese
- Superfície lateral da tíbia