Lateral compartment of leg
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Action
- Foot evertors
- Foot plantarflexion
Nerve supply
The lateral compartment of the leg is supplied by the superficial fibular nerve (superficial peroneal nerve).
Blood supply
Its proximal and distal arterial supply consists of perforating branches of the anterior tibial artery and fibular artery.
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