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Anatomy of the hip joint
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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The hip joint is formed by the articular surfaces of the head of the femur and the acetabulum of the hip bone. On the edge of the acetabulum, increasing its depth, the acetabulum is attached. The joint capsule is attached to the edge of the acetabulum, covering the head of the femur, and is attached to the front on the intervertebral line, and behind it covers two thirds of the femoral neck.
For the convenience of the study, the condition of the hip region is divided into articular and periarticular. In turn periarticular - on anterior, lateral, medial and posterior. Each of the above areas is evaluated in two mutually perpendicular planes.
The muscles of the anterior surface of the thigh include tailor, straight thigh muscle, comb.
The muscles of the medial group include a thin, large and long adductor muscles. Deep muscles of the hip region include iliac, lumbar and ilio-lumbar.
The muscles of the posterior surface include the semimembranous, semitendinous, biceps femoris muscle.
The lateral group includes a muscle that strains the wide fascia of the thigh, or the ootibial tract. To the muscles of the gluteal region - large, small and medium gluteal. The fibers of the rectus muscle of the thigh, the wide fascia of the thigh, the sartorius muscle, the muscle straining the broad fascia begin from the wing of the ilium. From the large trochanter of the femur begin the lateral broad muscle of the femur, the small and medium gluteal. A tendon of the ilio-lumbar muscle is attached to the small spit. The tendon of the long head of the biceps femoris, semimembranous, semitendinous, and large adductor muscle is attached to the ischial tubercle. From the pubic bone to the wing of the ilium, the inguinal ligament is stretched.
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