THE TENSOR FASCIA LATAE IS A MUSCLE OF THE THIGH LOCATED IN THE LATERAL ASPECT OF THE THIGH.
TENSOR FASCIA LATAE IS A FUSIFORM MUSCLE AND TOGETHER WITH
GLUTEAL MAXIMUS IT ACTS ON THE ILIOTIBIAL BAND AND IS CONTINUOUS WITH ILIOTIBIAL TRACT AND
ATTACHES TO THE TIBIA.
ORIGIN: ILIAC CREST(POSTERIOR TO ANTERIOR SUPERIOR
ILIAC SPINE)
INSERTION: ILIOTIBIAL TRACT (WHICH CONTINUES TO ATTACH
TO THE LATERAL CONDYLE PF THE TIBIA)
NERVE SUPPLY: SUPERIOR GLUTEAL NERVE
BLOOD SUPPLY: PRIMARILY LATERAL CIRCUMFLEX FEMORAL
ARTERY,SUPERIOR GLUTEAL ARTERY
ACTION: PREVENTS COLLAPSE OF EXTENDED KNEE IN
AMBULATION,ASSIST ABDUCTION,MEDIAL ROTATION,FLEXION OF FEMUR AT HIP AND
EXTENSION OF KNEE.
PALPATION: BELOW SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE ON ANTERIOR
PELVIS (AT A LEVEL OF GREATER TROCHANTER)DURING ACTIVE HIP ABDUCTION.
THIS MUSCLE BRACES THE KNEE WHEN WALKING. ALSO KNOWN AS
ILIOTIBIAL BAND(ITB).
