Posterior intermuscular septum of leg
Cross-section through middle of leg.
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Latin	septum intermusculare cruris posterius
TA98	A04.7.03.023
TA2	2710
FMA	58758
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Theposterior intermuscular septum of leg orposterior crural intermuscular septum is a band offascia which separates thelateral compartment of leg.

Thedeep fascia of leg 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 theperonæi 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.

This article incorporates text in thepublic domain frompage 480 of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)

• Horizontal section through the middle of the leg from www.dartmouth.edu

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