Muscles of the Anterior Compartment of the Leg

Authors
Affiliations

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

There are 4 muscles that make up the anterior compartment of the leg:

  1. Tibialis Anterior
  2. Extensor Hallucis Longus
  3. Extensor Digitorum Longus
  4. Fibularis Tertius

The Fibularis Tertius is the most anterior muscle out of the 41.

References

1.
Olewnik Ł. Fibularis Tertius: Anatomical Study and Review of the Literature. Clinical Anatomy (New York, NY). 2019;32(8):1082-1093. doi:10.1002/ca.23449

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as: