compartments

Last reviewed 01/2018

Forearm compartments and structures at risk:

• ventral compartment - median and ulnar nerves; radial and ulnar arteries
• dorsal compartment - posterior interosseous nerve; no major vessels

Lower limb and structures at risk:

• anterior tibial compartment - deep peroneal nerve; anterior tibial artery
• superfical posterior compartment - no major nerves or vessels
• deep posterior compartment - posterior tibial nerves and vessels; peroneal artery
• peroneal compartment - deep and superfical peroneal nerves