Buttocks and Thigh: Obturator membrane - Adductor canal - Fascia lata - Femoral canal - Femoral ring - Femoral sheath - Femoral triangle - Inguinal ligament - Popliteal fossa - Adductor hiatus - Fascial compartments of thigh (Anterior, Medial, Posterior) eMedicine is an online clinical medical knowledge base that was founded in 1996. ... Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy. ... In common usage, a human leg is the lower limb of the body, extending from the hip to the ankle, and including the thigh, the knee, and the cnemis. ... Female human buttocks The buttocks (anatomical nates, clunium, gluteus, regio glutealis) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds. ... Diagram of the human thigh bone In humans the thigh is the area between the pelvis and buttocks and the knee. ... The obturator membrane is a thin fibrous sheet, which almost completely closes the obturator foramen. ... The adductor canal (Hunter’s canal) is an aponeurotic tunnel in the middle third of the thigh, extending from the apex of the femoral triangle to the opening in the Adductor magnus. ... The deep fascia of the thigh is named, from its great extent, the fascia lata; it constitutes an investment for the whole of this region of the limb, but varies in thickness in different parts. ... The lateral compartment of the femoral sheath contains the femoral artery, and the intermediate the femoral vein, while the medial and smallest compartment is named the femoral canal, and contains some lymphatic vessels and a lymph gland imbedded in a small amount of areolar tissue. ... The femoral ring is the base of the femoral canal. ... The femoral sheath (crural sheath) is formed by a prolongation downward, behind the inguinal ligament, of the fasciæ which line the abdomen, the transversalis fascia being continued down in front of the femoral vessels and the iliac fascia behind them. ... Drawing of the left femoral triangle - shows superior portion of the femoral vein. ... The inguinal ligament is a band running from the pubic tubercle to the anterior superior iliac spine. ... The popliteal fossa is a space or shallow depression located at the back of the knee-joint. ... The adductor hiatus is the termination of the adductor canal at the knee. ... Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. ... The anterior fascial compartment of thigh contains the knee extensors and hip flexors: sartorius (the longest muscle in the human body) quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis) articularis genu. ... The medial fascial compartment of thigh contains the hip adductors: gracilis pectineus adductor brevis adductor longus adductor magnus The obturator nerve supplies the hip adductors in this compartment. ... The posterior fascial compartment of the thigh contains the knee flexors and hip extensors: biceps femoris semitendinosus semimembranosus The muscles here (except for the short head of the biceps femoris) are the hamstrings. ...

Cnemis (anatomic leg): Calf – Shin - Pes anserinus - Fascial compartments of leg (Anterior, Lateral, Posterior) The Cnemis is the section of the human leg located between the knee and the ankle. ... The calf or gastosoleus is a pair of muscles—the gastrocnemius and soleus—at the back of the lower human leg. ... Shin may refer to: Look up shin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The pes anserinus (gooses foot) the insertion of the conjoined tendons of (from anterior to posterior) the sartorius, gracilis and semitendinous muscles onto the anteromedial proximal tibia bone. ... Cross-section through middle of leg. ... The anterior compartment of the leg is supplied by the deep peroneal nerve and anterior tibial artery. ... The lateral compartment of the leg is supplied by the superficial peroneal nerve. ... The posterior compartment of the leg is supplied by the tibial nerve. ...

Foot: Heel – Plantar fascia - Toe (Hallux, Fifth toe) - Sole - Tarsal tunnel For other uses, see Foot (disambiguation). ... The heel is the prominence at the posterior end of the foot. ... The plantar fascia (or plantar aponeurosis) is the thick connective tissue which supports the arch of the foot. ... Toes on foot. ... The hallux or big toe is the biological name for digit I. In humans and non-human primates, the hallux is the largest toe on the foot. ... Look up sole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...