| N.B. | In each dissection some names appear in parentheses. These are structures that may not readily be found during your dissection, i.e., look for them but do not spend too much time on them so that you have time to comlete the laboratory. Many of these structures will be exposed more completely in future dissections or are best observed in your atlas. Also, there will be important structures listed that are not found in your dissector (Hansen, 1998); information about these items can be found in your text (Jenkins, 1998; Moor and Augur, 1996; Stern, 1997). |
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Dissection notes
landmarks/regions femoral triangle adductor canal adductor hiatus misc. fascia lata iliotibial tract fossa ovalis (saphenous opening) femoral sheath femoral canal patellar ligament myology Anterior compartment psoas major psoas minor iliacus sartorius quadriceps femoris vastus lateralis vastus intermedius vastus medialis rectus femoris Post-axial compartment tensor fascia lata Medial compartment pectineus adductor longus gracilis adductor brevis adductor magnus pubofemoral portion ischiocondylar portion (posterior compartment) obturator externus angiology great saphenous v small saphenous v femoral v femoral a profunda femoris a medial femoral circumflex a lateral femoral circumflex a (descending genicular a) neurology saphenous n sural n lumbar plexus lateral femoral cutaneous n femoral n obturator n
Dissection notes
misc. sacrotuberous ligament sacrospinous ligament myology Post-axial compartment gluteus maximus gluteus medius gluteus minimis tensor fascia lata piriformis Posterior compartment obturator internus superior gemellus inferior gemellus quadratus femoris semitendinosus semimembranosus biceps femoris: long and short heds ischiocondylar portion of adductor magnus obturator externus neurology sacral plexus superior gluteal n inferior gluteal n tibial n common fibular n (posterior femoral cutaneous n) pudendal nerve (obturator internus n) (quadratus femoris n) angiology inferior gluteal a superior gluteal a internal pudendal a
landmarks/regions popliteal fossa myology semitendinosus semimembranosus biceps femoris: long and short heads ischiocondylar portion of adductor magnus gastrocnemius: lateral and medial heads soleus popliteus plantaris angiology popliteal v popliteal a (superior lateral genicular a) (superior medial genicular a) neurology tibial n sural n common fibular n
landmarks/regions anterior compartment lateral compartment posterior compartment misc. crural fascia extensor retinacula (superior, inferior) fibular (peroneal) retinacula flexor retinaculum interosseous membrane myology Anterior compartment of the leg tibialis anterior extensor hallucis longus extensor digitorum longus fibularis tertius Anterior compartment of the foot extensor digitorum brevis extensor hallucis brevis Lateral compartment of the leg fibularis longus fibularis brevis Posterior compartment of the leg triceps surae gastrocnemius: lateral and medial hads soleus tendo calcaneus flexor hallucis longus flexor digitorum longus tibialis posterior popliteus angiology anterior tibial a dorsalis pedis a (dorsal digital aa) posterior tibial a fibular a (perforating branch of fibular a) neurology common fibular n superficial fibular n deep fibular n tibial n
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