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KEYWORDS: Muscles and tendons, Thigh.

Higher resolution images are available for a fee. Contact Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS.

Dissection of posterior aspect of left thigh

Posterior muscles of upper part of thigh, close-up view

The specimen shown in the preceding photograph is illustrated here in a close-up view of the upper thigh.

1 .	Ischial tuberosity
2 .	Position of greater trochanter
3 .	Gluteus maximus muscle
4 .	Inferior cluneal nerve
5 .	Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve (note cutaneous branches passing medially that penetrated fascia lata to reach skin)
6 .	Fascial layer between long and short heads of biceps femoris (not lateral intermuscular septum)
7 .	Iliotibial tract
8 .	Biceps femoris muscle (upper pointer, long head; lower pointer, short head)
9 .	Ischiorectal fossa
10 .	Urogenital diaphragm
11 .	Perineal branch of posterior femoral cutaneous nerve
12 .	Gracilis muscle
13 .	Adductor magnus muscle
14 .	Semitendinosus muscle
15 .	Semimembranosus muscle