Tibialis posterior muscle

(for meat eaters medial ankle or midfoot, with the remaining pets on a deep flexor tendon at the end member supporting toes)

The tibialis (Latin for " posterior tibialis " ) is the posterior skeletal muscle and is one of the deep flexor muscles of the lower leg. Occasionally, in its tendon of a sesamoid bone, which is called Os Tibial externum, type 1, on.

In the veterinary anatomy of the muscle is called the tibialis caudalis and, together with the flexor digitorum lateralis and flexor digitorum medialis to the deep flexors. His tendon united Except for the predators with the two other heads for the deep flexor tendon, which is divided according to the number of the supporting toes into several legs and attaches each of the end link.

Function

The tibialis posterior muscle moves the foot upward sole ( plantar flexion ) and lifts the inner border of the foot ( supination ).

In animals, the muscle acts as flexors and ankle extensors in wild animals only as the latter.

Diseases

The tibialis posterior dysfunction is a degenerative disease of the tendon of the tibialis posterior.

The tibialis posterior muscle plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of congenital clubfoot.