Compartments of the ankle joint

What are the compartments of the ankle joint, and what structures do they contain?

The ankle joint contains four compartments: Anterior, medial, lateral, and posterior.

  • • Anterior compartment: From medial to lateral, the anterior compartment contains the anterior ibialis tendon, extensor allucis longus tendon, peroneal nerve, dorsalis pedis artery, and extensor igitorum longus tendon. The tendons in the anterior compartment can be remembered by using the mnemonic “ om ates ick.”
  • • Medial compartment: From medial to lateral, the medial compartment contains the posterior ibialis tendon, flexor igitorum longus tendon, posterior tibial rtery, posterior tibial ein, posterior tibial erve, and flexor allucis longus tendon. The structures in the medial compartment can be remembered by using the mnemonic “ om, ick, nd ery ervous arry.”
  • • Lateral compartment: It contains the peroneal longus and peroneal brevis tendons. The peroneus revis tendon abuts the one.
  • • Posterior compartment: It contains the Achilles tendon.
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