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Posterior view of hip and thigh musculature

Posterior view of hip and thigh musculature — Muscles
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Posterior view of hip and thigh musculature. Posterior view of the limb.

Region
limb
Structure
lower limb
View
posterior
System
muscle, bone, joint
Focus
posterior hip musculature, short lateral rotators of hip, hamstring muscles, adductor compartment muscles

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Gluteus maximus
  • Gluteus medius x
  • Gluteus minimus
  • Piriformis
  • Gemellus superior
  • Gemellus inferior
  • Sacrospinous lig
  • Sacrotuberous lig
  • Obturator
  • Internus
  • Obturator externus
  • Ischial tube- rosity
  • Quadratus femoris x
  • Adductor minimus
  • Ad- ductor magnus
  • Gluteus maximus x
  • Adductor magnus
  • Vastus lateralis
  • Semi- membra- nosus
  • Biceps femoris (short head)
  • Biceps femoris (long head)
  • Popli- teal fossa
  • Tendon of semimem- branosus
  • Gastrocnemius

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.