Iliac fascia
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Structures surrounding right hip-joint.
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Structures passing behind the inguinal ligament.
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Latin
| fascia iliaca
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Gray's
| subject #127 466
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Dorlands/Elsevier
| f_03/12355161
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The iliac fascia has the following connections:
- laterally, to the whole length of the inner lip of the iliac crest.
- medially, to the linea terminalis of the lesser pelvis, where it is continuous with the periosteum.
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At the iliopectineal eminence it receives the tendon of insertion of the Psoas minor, when that muscle exists.
Lateral to the femoral vessels it is intimately connected to the posterior margin of the inguinal ligament, and is continuous with the transversalis fascia.
Immediately lateral to the femoral vessels the iliac fascia is prolonged backward and medialward from the inguinal ligament as a band, the iliopectineal fascia, which is attached to the iliopectineal eminence.
This fascia divides the space between the inguinal ligament and the hip bone into two lacunæ or compartments:
- the medial transmits the femoral vessels.
- the lateral transmits the Psoas major and Iliacus and the femoral nerve.
Medial to the vessels the iliac fascia is attached to the pectineal line behind the inguinal aponeurotic falx, where it is again continuous with the transversalis fascia.
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General anatomy of torso |
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Thorax/ Thoracic cavity | Mediastinum (Superior, Anterior, Middle, Posterior) • Superior thoracic aperture • Inferior thoracic aperture • Triangle of auscultation • Intercostal space • Thoracic plane • Thoracic wall/Thoracic cage - fascia (Pectoral fascia, Clavipectoral fascia, Thoracolumbar fascia) • Chest • Midsternal line |
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Thoracic diaphragm | openings (Caval opening, Esophageal hiatus, Aortic hiatus, Foramina of Morgagni) • Central tendon • Crus of diaphragm • arcuate ligaments (Lateral, Medial, Median) |
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Abdomen/ Abdominal cavity | Retroperitoneum • Paracolic gutters • Hepatobiliary triangle
anterior abdominal wall (Arcuate line, Linea alba, Tendinous intersection, Linea semilunaris, McBurney's point, Traube's space, Inguinal triangle) • Inguinal canal (Deep inguinal ring, Superficial inguinal ring, Intercrural fibers, Crura of superficial inguinal ring) • Lumbar triangle • regions (Epigastrium, Hypochondrium, Umbilical region, Latus, Hypogastrium, Inguinal region) • planes (Transpyloric plane, Intertubercular plane, Midclavicular line)
fascia (Fascia of Camper, Fascia of Scarpa, Transversalis fascia, Renal fascia, Rectus sheath) |
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Pelvis/ Pelvic cavity | Pelvic floor • Retropubic space fascia (Pelvic fascia, Superior fascia of diaphragm of pelvis, Inferior fascia of diaphragm of pelvis, Fascia of the Obturator internus, Tendinous arch, Iliac fascia) |
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Perineum | Anal triangle (Ischioanal fossa, Pudendal canal, Anococcygeal raphe)
Urogenital triangle (Superficial perineal pouch, Deep perineal pouch)
Perineal body
fascia (Dartos/fascia of perineum/superficial perineal fascia/Fascia of Colles, Perineal membrane/"Inferior fascia of UGD", "Superior fascia of UGD") |
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