Anterior crural intermuscular septum

Anterior crural intermuscular septum
Cross-section through middle of leg.
Latin	septum intermusculare cruris anterius
Gray's	subject #129 480
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_08/12730307

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The anterior crural intermuscular septum is a band of fascia which separates the lateral compartment of leg.

The fascia cruris gives off from its deep surface, on the lateral side of the leg, two strong intermuscular septa, the anterior and posterior peroneal septa, which enclose the Peronæi longus and brevis, and separate them from the muscles of the anterior and posterior crural regions, and several more slender processes which enclose the individual muscles in each region.

External links

• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_16/16-1.HTM

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