(Return to Courseware Index) Posterior Thigh; Leg LAB MANUAL |Topic and Text Reference | Learning Objectives | Special Instructions | Clinical Exercises | Key Structures TOPIC AND TEXT REFERENCE: POSTERIOR THIGH AND POSTERIOR LEG PP. 133-136, 140-142 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Learn the muscles of the posterior thigh including neurovascular supply and function. Learn the shared functions, nerve and blood supply to the posterior thigh muscles. Learn the borders and contents of the popliteal fossa. Find the profunda femoris artery, whose perforating branches serve as the main blood supply to the hamstring muscles Understand at what point the femoral artery and vein become the popliteal artery and vein. Learn the muscles in the posterior compartment of the leg, their shared actions, blood supply and innervation. Learn the bony landmarks of the leg. SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR LAB TODAY: Pg. 133: Proceed as directed in the dissector. CLINICAL EXERCISES: 1. Why does pressure on the sciatic nerve give symptoms that travel down the lower limb? 2. What is the collateral circulation around the knee that could be used in the case of injury? 3. 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     Other structures -Duodenum                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |Topic and Text Reference | Learning Objectives | Special Instructions | Clinical Exercises | Key Structures

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