The Thigh (Back)
Lab Session 6
Dr. Hayder Jalil Al-Assam
MBChB (Iraq), MRes Anatomy (UK)
: dr_hayder_anatomy@yahoo.com
Posterior fascial compartment
• Contents
1. Muscles (Hamstring Muscles)
2. Nerves (posterior cutaneous nerve
of the thigh, Sciatic nerve)
3. Arteries ( perforating arteries from
Profunda femoris artery)
4. Veins
5. lymphatics
Hamstring Muscles
1. Biceps Femoris
2. Semi-tendinosus
3. Semi-membranosus
4. Hamstring portion of the adductor
magnus
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