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We're gonna move on now.

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And briefly just touch upon the anterior tend again.

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They are three and number tibialis, anterior extensor lysis.

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Longest extensor digitorum. Longest shown.

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These, uh, pictures taken, uh, from the uh, internet.

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They are involved in dorsiflexion at the level of the ankle

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and hind foot, along with a fourth tendon,

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the peroneous tertius muscle and tendon.

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Just to give you an idea of what they look like,

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this is on a coronal section.

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Here we have the mnemonic, Tom

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and Harry and Dick.

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'cause as you look at them on this particular

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picture, here is Tom.

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Here is Harry and Dick.

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And you can see the neural vascular bundle changes location

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as we proceed distally.

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Here's the tibialis anterior Tom,

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Harry and Dick.

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And here's the peroneus tertius

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and the peroneus brevis tendons.

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More about them in a moment.

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Faculty

Donald Resnick, MD

Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiology

University of California, San Diego

Christine B. Chung, MD

Professor of Radiology, Executive Vice Chair, and Director of UCSD MSK Imaging Research Lab

UC San Diego

Karen Y. Cheng, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

University of California, San Diego

Tags

Musculoskeletal (MSK)

MRI

Foot & Ankle