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    The fascia lata is the deep fascia of the thigh. It encloses the thigh muscles and forms the outer limit of the fascial compartments of thigh, which are...
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    from the deep surface of the fascia lata. It is inserted between the two layers of the iliotibial tract of the fascia lata about the junction of the middle...
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    Deep fascia is also richly supplied with sensory receptors. Examples of deep fascia are fascia lata, fascia cruris, brachial fascia, plantar fascia, thoracolumbar...
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  • Thumbnail for Anterior cutaneous branches of the femoral nerve
    The intermediate cutaneous nerve (middle cutaneous nerve) pierces the fascia lata (and generally the sartorius) about 7.5 cm below the inguinal ligament...
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    does not extend into the thigh as it just attaches to its fascia, which is known as fascia lata; medially and below, it is continued over the penis and...
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    The roof is formed by the skin, superficial fascia, and deep fascia (fascia lata). The superficial fascia contains the superficial inguinal lymph nodes...
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    Latissimus dorsi Tensor fasciae latae Iliacus muscle Fascia lata Iliac fascia Transverse fascia The iliac crest has a large amount of red bone marrow...
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    the fascia lata, the femur, the ligament of the patella or the tendon of the semitendinosus. The tendon of insertion may end in the fascia lata, the...
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    also fossa ovalis) is an oval opening in the upper mid part of the fascia lata of the thigh. It lies 3–4 cm below and lateral to the pubic tubercle...
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    band or the IT band) is a longitudinal fibrous reinforcement of the fascia lata. The action of the muscles associated with the ITB (tensor fasciae latae...
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    subcutaneous surfaces of the bones. The deep fascia of the leg is continuous above with the fascia lata (deep fascia of the thigh), and is attached around the...
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    the greater trochanter, and inserts into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata; the deeper fibers of the lower portion are inserted into the gluteal...
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    fascia ends inferior to the inguinal ligament fusing with the fascia lata of the thigh. In the midline, just superior to the penis, Scarpa's fascia contributes...
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    compartments that divide and contain the thigh muscles. The fascia lata is the strong and deep fascia of the thigh that surrounds the thigh muscles and forms...
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    front of the ischial tuberosity, pierces the fascia lata, and runs forward beneath the superficial fascia of the perineum to the skin of the scrotum in...
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  • Examples include: Fascia lata Deep fascia of leg Brachial fascia Buck's fascia Deep fascia is less extensible than superficial fascia. It is essentially...
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    prolonged into the deep fascia of the leg. By its inner or superficial surface gracilis is in relation with the fascia lata, and below with the sartorius...
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    the greater trochanter, and inserts into the iliotibial band of the fascia lata; and the deeper fibers of the lower portion of the muscle are inserted...
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    treatment, Ionescu created a novel artificial valve. Using autologous fascia lata tissue (the fibrous membrane which covers the outside aspect of the thigh...
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    the pectineus and the adductor longus muscles; it is covered by the fascia lata, which it pierces at the medial side of the thigh, and is distributed...
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  • the medial side of the knee behind the sartorius muscle, pierces the fascia lata, between the tendons of the sartorius muscle and gracilis muscle. It...
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    [citation needed] It descends within the posterior thigh deep to the fascia lata (the deep fascia of the thigh) and superficial to the hamstring muscles. It runs...
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    inguinal ligament . In the thigh it briefly passes under the fascia lata before it breaches the fascia and supplies the skin of the anterior thigh. The obturator...
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    superior part of the femoral head. On the lateral side of the hip joint the fascia lata is strengthened to form the iliotibial tract which functions as a tension...
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    the external abdominal oblique aponeurosis and is continuous with the fascia lata of the thigh. There is some dispute over the attachments. Structures...
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    arises close to the superficial epigastric artery, and, piercing the fascia lata, runs lateralward, parallel with the inguinal ligament, as far as the...
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    tubercle is a thick band, folded inward, and continuous below with the fascia lata; it is called the inguinal ligament. The portion which is reflected from...
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    along its whole length the fascia lata; to the intermediate line the obliquus internus abdominis; to the internal lip, the fascia iliaca, the transversus...
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    Abdominal fascia refers to the various types of fascia found in the abdominal region. Fascia is a sheet of connective tissue that is found beneath the...
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  • The gluteal aponeurosis is a fibrous membrane, from the fascia lata, that lies between the iliac crest and the superior border of the gluteus maximus...
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