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BACK OF THIGH

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NEED TO LEARN

  • HAMSTRING MUSCLES-MUSCLES OF BACK OF THIGH.
  • SEMITENDINOSUS.
  • SEMIMEMBRANOUSUS.
  • LONG HEAD OF BICEPS FEMORIS.
  • ISCHIAL HEAD OF THE ADDUCTOR MAGNUS.

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COMMON CHARACTERS

  • ORIGIN FROM THE ISCHIAL TUBEROSITY.
  • INSERTION INTO ONE THE OF BONES LEG.
  • NERVE SUPPLY FROM TIBIAL PART OF THE SCIATIC NERVE.
  • ACT AS FLEXORS OF THE KNEE & EXTENSORS OF THE HIP.

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SCIATIC NERVE

  • THICKEST NERVE IN THE BODY.
  • LARGEST BRANCH OF THE SACRAL PLEXUS.
  • ROOT VALUE-L4, L5, S1,S2,S3.

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CLINICAL ANATOMY�

  • SLEEPING FOOT-Compression of the sciatic nerve against the femur,or unusual streching,after sitting for a long time,may give rise to a sleeping foot.
  • Sciatica –shooting pain along the cutaneous distribution of the sciatic nerve and it’s terminal branches ,chiefly common peroneal,is known as sciatica.pain usually begins on gluteal or even higher & radiates along the back of the thigh & the lateral side of leg to the dorsum of the foot.