Fascia lata
The fascia lata is a tough connective tissue covering ( fascia ) on the thigh . It holds together all the muscles that run along the outside of the thigh. The section below the inguinal ligament is also known as the fascia cribrosa , as it consists of only slightly dense connective tissue and has an opening in the form of the saphenous hiatus . A splitting off of the fascia runs between the large roll hillock ( greater trochanter ) of the thigh bone to the ischial tuberosity ( ischial tuberosity ). This structure, known as the “seat halter”, is the anatomical basis of the gluteal groove .
This shell is flexible, although it is made of largely solid material. Its tension is variable because it can be adjusted by the tensor fasciae latae muscle via the iliotibial tract on the outside of the thigh.
literature
- Christoff Zalpour (Hrsg.): Anatomie Physiologie . Urban & Fischer, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-437-45301-7 , pp. 351, 360.
Individual evidence
- ↑ L. Richard Drake et al .: Gray's Anatomy for Students with Student Consultation Access . Elsevier, Urban & FischerVerlag, 2007, ISBN 9783437412318 , p. 523.
- ↑ Walther Graumann: Compact textbook anatomy. Volume 2, Schattauer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 9783794520626 , p. 135.