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Describe Structure Under Cover Gluteus Maximus

This document provides an overview of the structures located under the gluteus maximus muscle, including muscles, vessels, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, and bursae. It lists the key muscles as the piriformis, reflected head of rectus femoris, and quadratus femoris. The major blood vessels are the superior and inferior gluteal arteries. Key nerves include the sciatic, superior gluteal, and inferior gluteal nerves. Bones listed are parts of the hip bone, sacrum, coccyx, and upper end of the femur. Joints are the hip and sacroiliac. Ligaments include the sacrotuberous, sacrospinous,

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Describe Structure Under Cover Gluteus Maximus

This document provides an overview of the structures located under the gluteus maximus muscle, including muscles, vessels, nerves, bones, joints, ligaments, and bursae. It lists the key muscles as the piriformis, reflected head of rectus femoris, and quadratus femoris. The major blood vessels are the superior and inferior gluteal arteries. Key nerves include the sciatic, superior gluteal, and inferior gluteal nerves. Bones listed are parts of the hip bone, sacrum, coccyx, and upper end of the femur. Joints are the hip and sacroiliac. Ligaments include the sacrotuberous, sacrospinous,

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Describe structure under cover gluteus

maximus
1. Muscles
2. Vessels
3. Nerves
4. Bones
5. Joints
6. Ligaments
7. Bursae
- Muscles - ( key ½,1,2,3,4)
A) Key muscle is piriformis
B) ½ muscle is reflected head of rectus
femoris
C) The muscle which is single is quadratus
femoris
D) The muscle which are in group two
a) Superior gemelli & inferior gemelli
b) Obturator externus & internus
E) The muscle which are in group three
1. Gluteus minimus
2. Gluteus medius
F) The muscle which are in group four
a) Semimembranous
b) Semitendineus
c) Ischial fibres of adductor Magnus
d) Biceps femoris
- Vessels -
Can be remembered by pneumonics
SIATICA
S-superior gluteal artery
I-inferior gluteal artery
A-ascending branch of medial & lateral
circumflex femoral artery
T- tronchanteric anastomosis
I-internal pudendal vessels
C-cruciate anastomosis
A-ascending branch of first perforating
artery
-Nerves-
1. sciatic nerve (L4 5 S1 2 3 )
2. nerve to quadratus femoris ( L4 5 S 1 )
3. nerve to obturator internus ( L5 S 1 2 )
4. superior gluteal nerve ( L 4 5 S 1 )
5. inferior gluteal nerve ( L5 S 1 2 )
6. pudendal nerve ( S 2 3 4 )
7. posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh (S2 3 )
- bones -
A) part of hip bone
a) ilium
b) ischium
B) sacrum & coccyx
C) upper end of femur
- joints -
1. hip
2. sacroiliac
- ligaments –
1. sacrotuberous
2. sacrospinous
3. ischiofemoral
- bursae -
1. tronchanteric bursa = at greater
tronchanter
2. bursa over Ischial tuberosity
3. bursa between gluteus maximus & vastus
lateralis

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