Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior surface of fibula
Facies posterior fibulae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Fibula
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior surface is the space included between the postero-lateral and the postero-medial borders; it is continuous below with the triangular area above the articular surface of the lateral malleolus; it is directed backward above, backward and medialward at its middle, directly medialward below.
Its upper third is rough, for the origin of the soleus; its lower part presents a triangular surface, connected to the tibia by a strong interosseous ligament; the intervening part of the surface is covered by the fibers of origin of the flexor hallucis longus.
Near the middle of this surface is the nutrient foramen, which is directed downward.
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Names
- Latin
- Facies posterior fibulae
- English
- Posterior surface of fibula
- French
- Face postérieure de la fibula
- Spanish
- Cara posterior de la fibula
- Portuguese
- Superfície posterior da fíbula