HUMAN ANATOMY

• gluteal branch - Branch of the posterior cutaneous nerve of the thigh that supplies the skin over the lower medial quadrant of the buttock
• Femur is the bone that articulates with the acetabulum to form the hip joint.
• Internal iliac artery is a branch from the superior gluteal artery.
• Illum is the upper flattened part of the hip bone.
• Iliac crest is the origin of the tensor fasciae latae.
• Osteoarthritis is the most common disease of the hip joint in adults.
• Great saphenous vein can be used in patients with occlusive coronary disease caused by atherosclerosis to bypass the diseased arterial segment.
• Acetabulum is the bone where the bones of the hip meet one another.
• Iliofemoral ligament prevents overextension during standing.
• The iliac tubercle lies about 2 inches from the anterior superior spine
• Gluteus medius is the muscle that stabilizes the hip joint when a person stands on one leg with the foot of the opposite leg raised above the ground.
• Ligamentum patallae into tubercle of tibia is the common insertion of the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius.
• Quadriceps femoris is the most important extensor muscle for the knee joint.
• Sciatic nerve is the largest nerve in the body.
• Gluteus minimus and gluteus medius are the muscles that Andrea was using when she was abducting her thigh at the hip joint.
• Vastus medialis is the muscle that functions to stabilize the patella.
• Inferior gluteal nerve is the nerve that Daniel was using when he was rotating the thigh laterally at the hip joint.
• Gluteus maximus is the muscle that Kathryn was using when she was extending the knee joint.
• The vein that forms the vesical venous plexus that drains into the Internal iliac vein