Interactive Functional Anatomy software
Hip--Thigh view

Layer 1

  • Femur
    • Head of the femur
    • Greater trochanter
    • Neck of the femur
    • Lesser trochanter
    • Acetabulum,
  • Ilium
    • Anterior superior iliac spine
    • Posterior superior iliac spine
  • Pubis
    • Pubic symphasis
  • Ischium
    • Ischial tuberosities
  • Sacrum
    • Sacroiliac joint
  • Coccyx

Layer 4

  • Iliofemoral ligament
  • Pubofemoral ligament
  • Ischiofemoral ligament

Layer 5

  • Piriformis (deep rotator)

Layer 6

  • Obturator Externus (deep rotator)
  • Obturator Internus (deep rotator)

Layer 7

  • Adductor Magnus: posterior part
  • Gemellus Inferior (deep rotator)
  • Adductor Magnus: anterior part

 
Layer 8

  • Gracilis
  • Quadratus Femoris (deep rotator)
  • conjoined muscle and tendon of psoas major and iliacus (Iliopsoas tendon)

 
Layer 9

  • Semimembranosus
  • Gemellus Superior (deep rotator)
  • Gluteus Minimus
  • Adductor Brevis
  • Psoas major

Layer 10

  • Gluteus Medius
  • Pectineus
  • Adductor Longus
  • Semitendinosus

 
Layer 11

  • Biceps Femoris: long head

Layer 12

  • Rectus Femoris
  • Gluteus Maximus


Layer 14

  • Sartorius
  • Tensor Fasciae Latae (incl. iliotibial band)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
   

Jane Baas
Professor and Dance Academic Advisor
Department of Dance
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5417

Office: (269) 387-5845
Fax: (269) 387-5820
jane.baas@wmich.edu