(Return to Courseware Index) Medial Thigh and Gluteal Region LAB MANUAL |Topic and Text Reference | Learning Objectives | Special Instructions | Clinical Exercises | Key Structures TOPIC AND TEXT REFERENCE: GLUTEAL REGION, POST. THIGH, AND POST. LEG PP. 131-136, 140-142 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Learn the actions of the gluteal muscles on the hip joint. Learn the neurovascular supply to the gluteal muscles. Understand the formation of the sciatic nerve, the nerves that contribute to it and the path it takes leaving the pelvis. Review the greater and lesser sciatic foramina and understand the regions that they connect. Learn the principal actions of the hamstring muscles. Learn the borders of the popliteal fossa. Observe the relationship of the neurovascular bundles in the popliteal fossa. Understand the neurovascular supply to the posterior thigh. Learn the prinicpal functions of the muscles in the posterior leg. Learn the neurovascular supply to the posterior leg. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAB TODAY: Follow the dissector as directed. CLINICAL EXERCISES: 1. Why do you give an intermuscular injection in the superior outer quadrant of the gluteal region? 2. Go through all the possible movements of your hip joint and understand which muscles are responsible for it. 3. What is the Trendelenberg test? 4. What is the function of bursae and why are they important? 5. What symptoms might you expect from injury to the sciatic nerve? 6. What symptoms might you expect from injury to the tibial nerve? 7. What symptoms might you expect from injury to the common peroneal nerve? 8. Why is the common peroneal nerve so commonly injured? 9. What is compartment syndrome? 10. What is the collateral circulation around the knee that could be used in the case of injury? 11. Why is part of the adductor magnus considered a hamstring? (what does it have in common with the other hamstrings?) KEY STRUCTURES: You should be able to identify in a cadaver all the structures listed under key words unless they have an asterisk. structure Netter's Gold Standard structure Netter's Gold Standard Arteries     Muscles     Anterior tibial     Adductor brevis N1   Deep artery of the thigh N1   Adductor longus N1   Fibular     Adductor magnus N1   Inferior gluteal N1   Biceps femoris     Internal pudendal N1   Flexor digitorum longus     Perforating br. of femoral N1   Flexor hallucis longus     Perforating br. of fibular     Gastrocnemius     Popliteal     Gluteus maximus N1   Posterior tibial   Gluteus medius N1   Superior medial and lateral genicular     Gluteus minimus N1   Superior gluteal N1   Gracilis N1   Bones and Bony Structures     Inferior gemellus N1   Adductor tubercle N1   Obturator externus N1   Femur greater and lesser trochanter N1, N2   Obturator internus N1   Femur trochanteric fossa and intertrochanteric crest N1   Pectineus N1   Gluteal Lines (anterior, inferior, and posterior) N1   Pes anserinus     Gluteal tuberosity N1   Plantaris     Greater sciatic foramen N1   Piriformis N1   Greater sciatic notch N1   Popliteus     Ischial tuberosity N1   Quadratus femoris N1   Lesser sciatic foramen N1   Semimembranosus     Lesser sciatic notch N1   Semitendinosus     Linea aspera N1   Soleus     Sacrospinous ligament N1   Superior gemellus N1   Sacrotuberous ligament N1   Tensor fascia lata with iliotibial tract N1   Veins     Tibialis posterior     Inferior gluteal N1   Nerves     Internal pudendal N1   Inferior gluteal N1   Popliteal     Obturator - Anterior and posterior divisions N1   Superior gluteal N1   Posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh N1         Pudendal N1         Sciatic Tibial and Common fibular divisions N1         Superior gluteal N1                                                 Topic and Text Reference | Learning Objectives | Special Instructions | Clinical Exercises | Key Structures

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