[The anterior tibial artery and vascularization of the muscles of the anterior compartment of the leg. Application to the anterior compartment syndrome of the leg].

The arterial vascularisation of the anterior loge of the leg is supply by the anterior tibial artery. Three muscles are contained in an inextensible space. Each of this muscles received an arterial supply proportional to his volume. The fragility to ischemy of the extensor hallucis longus is not explained by insufficiency of this arterial branches.