Posterior ankle tendons (mnemonic)
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Mnemonics that can be used to remember the anatomy of the ankle tendons from anterior to posterior as they pass posteriorly to the medial malleolus of the tibia under the flexor retinaculum in the tarsal tunnel include:
- Tom, Dick and Harry
- Tom, Dick And Very Nervous Harry
Mnemonic
Tom, Dick and Harry
Tom, Dick And Very Nervous Harry
An extension of the above mnemonic to include the position of the neurovascular bundle.
- T: tibialis posterior
- D: flexor digitorum longus
- A: artery (posterior tibial)
- V: vein (posterior tibial)
- N: nerve (tibial)
- H: flexor hallucis longus
History and etymology
Tom, Dick and Harry were the names of the three tunnels dug in the Great Escape.
-<p><strong>Mnemonics </strong>that can be used to remember the anatomy of the ankle tendons from anterior to posterior as they pass posteriorly to the medial malleolus under the <a href="/articles/flexor-retinaculum-at-the-ankle">flexor retinaculum</a> in the <a href="/articles/tarsal-tunnel">tarsal tunnel</a> include:</p><ul>- +<p><strong>Mnemonics </strong>that can be used to remember the anatomy of the ankle tendons from anterior to posterior as they pass posteriorly to the medial malleolus of the <a title="Tibia" href="/articles/tibia">tibia</a> under the <a href="/articles/flexor-retinaculum-at-the-ankle">flexor retinaculum</a> in the <a href="/articles/tarsal-tunnel">tarsal tunnel</a> include:</p><ul>
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