TENSOR FASICIAE LATAE MUSCLE IN THE HUMAN BODY

 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.

TENSOR FASICIAE LATAE MUSCLE IN THE HUMAN BODY

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.

TENSOR FASICIAE LATAE MUSCLE IN THE HUMAN BODY


THIS MUSCLE BRACES THE KNEE WHEN WALKING. ALSO KNOWN AS ILIOTIBIAL BAND(ITB).

 

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