Landmark · Skeletal system
Posterior surface of tibia
Facies posterior tibiae
- System
- Skeletal system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Landmark on
- Tibia
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior surface presents, at its upper part, a prominent ridge, the popliteal line, which extends obliquely downward from the back part of the articular facet for the fibula to the medial border, at the junction of its upper and middle thirds; it marks the lower limit of the insertion of the Popliteus, serves for the attachment of the fascia covering this muscle, and gives origin to part of the Soleus, Flexor digitorum longus, and Tibialis posterior.
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Names
- Latin
- Facies posterior tibiae
- English
- Posterior surface of tibia
- French
- Face postérieure du tibia
- Spanish
- Cara posterior de la tibia
- Portuguese
- Superfície posterior da tíbia