Search for notes by fellow students, in your own course and all over the country.

Browse our notes for titles which look like what you need, you can preview any of the notes via a sample of the contents. After you're happy these are the notes you're after simply pop them into your shopping cart.

My Basket

You have nothing in your shopping cart yet.

Title: Muscles which Move the Ankle
Description: A table of the muscles which move the ankle. There is a table for each of the four movements of the ankle. Each table is split into six different columns which include the origin, insertion, action, nerve and arterial supply. Each column is colour coded to make it easy to learn. Happy studying :)

Document Preview

Extracts from the notes are below, to see the PDF you'll receive please use the links above


Muscles Around the Ankle
Muscles that Plantarflex the Ankle
Name
Gastrocnemius

Insertion
Posterior surface of the calcaneus
via Achilles tendon
...


Plantar flexion
...


Tibial nerve (L4, L5, S1,
S2)
...


Weak knee
flexion
...


Tibial nerve (S1, S2)

Head & upper 2/3 of outer surface of
fibula
...


Under surfaces of 1st cuneiform
and 1st metatarsal bone
...


Tibialis Posterior

Posterior surface of the
upper 1/2 of the adjacent surface of
tibia & fibula
...

Tibial nerve (S1, S2)

Flexor Digitorum
Longus

Middle 1/3 of the posterior surface of
tibia
...


Eversion
Plantarflexion
Plantarflexion
Eversion
Plantar flexion
...


Superficial:
Lateral sural &
popliteal arteries
Deep:
Superior lateral
genicular artery
Fibular artery

Tibial nerve (S1, S2)
...


Flexor Hallucis
Longus

Middle ½ of posterior surface of fibula
...


Proximal:
Posterior tibial artery
Distal:
Medial plantar artery

Soleus

Plantaris

Peroneus Longus
Peroneus Brevis

Origin
Lateral head: Posterolateral aspect of
lateral condyle of femur
...

Popliteal surface of femoral shaft
...

Middle 1/3 of the medial border of
tibia
...

Oblique popliteal ligament
...


Fibular artery
Posterior tibial artery
...


Insertion
Medial cuneiform
1st metatarsal
...


Deep peroneal nerve
(L4, L5)

Artery
Tendon:
Branches of anterior tibial and posterior
tibial artery
Muscle:
Anterior medial malleolar, dorsalis pedis
and medial tarsal artery
Proximal:
Anterior tibial artery
Distal:
Fibula artery
Anterior tibial artery
Fibular artery

Extensor Digitorum
Longus

Lateral condyle of tibia
...


Middle and distal phalanges
of 2nd-5th toes
...
S1)
...


Top of distal phalanx of big
toe
...


Dorsal surface of 5th
metatarsal
...


Tibialis
Anterior

Upper 2/3 of anterior surface of
tibia
...


Action
Plantar flexion
Inversion of the
foot

Nerve
Tibial nerve (S1, S2)

Artery
Posterior tibial artery

Dorsiflexion
Inversion

Deep peroneal nerve
(L4, L5)
...

Muscle:
Anterior medial malleolar, dorsalis pedis
and medial tarsal artery
...


Peroneus Brevis

Lower 2/3 of outer surface of
fibula
...

Dorsal surface of 5th metatarsal
...


Action
Eversion
Plantar
flexion
Plantarflexion
Eversion
Dorsiflexion
Eversion

Nerve
Superficial peroneal
nerve

Artery
Fibula artery

Superficial peroneal
nerve
Deep fibula nerve

Fibula artery
Title: Muscles which Move the Ankle
Description: A table of the muscles which move the ankle. There is a table for each of the four movements of the ankle. Each table is split into six different columns which include the origin, insertion, action, nerve and arterial supply. Each column is colour coded to make it easy to learn. Happy studying :)