The anterior intermuscular septum of leg or anterior crural intermuscular septum is a band of
fascia
A fascia (; plural fasciae or fascias; adjective fascial; from Latin: "band") is a band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches to, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs ...
which separates the
lateral from the
anterior compartment of leg.
The
deep fascia of leg
The deep fascia of leg, or crural fascia forms a complete investment to the muscles, and is fused with the periosteum over the subcutaneous surfaces of the bones.
The deep fascia of the leg is continuous above with the fascia lata (deep fascia o ...
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
peroneus 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.
See also
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Posterior intermuscular septum of leg
References
External links
Horizontal section through the middle of the leg from www.dartmouth.edu
Lower limb anatomy
Connective tissue
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