Lab Video - Hip & Posterior Thigh & Leg

Play selected steps of the dissection.
1. Review the bony landmarks. 720x528
2. Turn the body over, and skin the posterior surface of the lower limb, preserving the cutaneous vessels and nerves. 720x528
3. Clean the subcutaneous tissue from the posterior surface of the lower limb, trace the lesser saphenous vein, and identify the cutaneous nerves. 720x528
4. Define the gluteus maximus and reflect it laterally. 720x528
5. Reflect the gluteus medius and examine the superior gluteal vessels and nerve. 720x528
6. Define the greater and lesser sciatic foramina and the structures traversing each. 720x528
7. Dissect the hamstrings from origin to insertion. 720x528
8. Define the popliteal fossa, clean and identify its contents. 720x528
9. Remove the subcutaneous tissue from the posterior surface of the leg and dissect the superficial posterior compartment. 720x528
10. Reflect the soleus and dissect the deep posterior compartment of the leg. 720x528