Health Sciences 2300A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Semimembranosus Muscle, Phalanx Bone, Pectineus Muscle

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2300A/B
• Professor: Gillian Gabriela Corbo

Document Summary

7 muscles & nerves of the lower limb. Transitional areas of the lower limb: areas of passage for nerves and blood vessels to get to different regions. Thigh = hip knee, femoral triangle separates hip from thigh. Leg = knee ankle, popliteal fossa separates thigh from lower leg. Foot = distal to the ankle, tarsal tunnel separates lower leg from ankle. What do these muscles do: originate from the sacrum and insert onto the. Femur and it band: crosses the hip joint, act on the femur to allow, extension, abduction. The iliotibial tract (it band) is a lateral thickening of the fascia lata that encases all of the muscles of the thigh. It band spans from the ilium to just below the knee. Fascia lata is a web of ct that surrounds the muscles of the leg: separates compartments of the leg. Gluteus maximus: o: posterior surface of ilium and sacrum, biggest, most powerful gluteal muscle.