Foot in human body
FOOT FOOT • SOLE OF THE FOOT • THICK AND HAIRLESS. • IT IS FIRMLY BOUND DOWN TO THE UNDERLYING DEEP FASCIA BY NUMEROUS FIBROUS BANDS. • THE SKIN SHOWS A FEW FLEXURE CREASES AT THE SITES OF SKIN MOVEMENT. • SWEAT GLANDS ARE PRESENT IN LARGE NUMBERS. FOOT • SENSORY NERVE SUPPLY: • MEDIAL CALCANEAL BRANCH OF THE TIBIAL NERVE - WHICH INNERVATES THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE HEEL; • BRANCHES FROM THE MEDIAL PLANTAR NERVE- WHICH INNERVATE THE MEDIAL TWO THIRDS OF THE SOLE • BRANCHES FROM THE LATERAL PLANTAR NERVE - INNERVATE THE LATERAL THIRD OF THE SOLE FOOT • DEEP FASCIA • THE PLANTAR APONEUROSIS IS A TRIANGULAR THICKENING OF THE DEEP FASCIA THAT PROTECTS THE UNDERLYING NERVES, BLOOD VESSELS, AND MUSCLES. • ITS APEX IS ATTACHED TO THE MEDIAL AND LATERAL TUBERCLES OF THE CALCANEUM. • THE BASE OF THE APONEUROSIS DIVIDES INTO FIVE SLIPS THAT PASS INTO THE TOES. MUSCLESOF THE FOOT ...
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