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ANATOMY
GLUTEAL REGION
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Quadrilateral in shape
Covers the:
o Iliac crest (at the level of L4): highest point
of the iliac bone
o Anterior Superior Iliac Spine (ASIS)
o Posterior Superior Iliac Spine (PSIS)
o Greater sciatic notch
o Lesser sciatic notch
o Ischial tuberosity
Buttocks/
Natis
Natal
cleft
Gluteal
fold
CUTANEOUS NERVES
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BOUNDARIES
Above: Iliac crest
Below: Gluteal maximus
Medial: Lateral margin of the sacrum and the coccyx
Lateral: *Tensor fascia latae muscle
SURFACE ANATOMY
Buttock (*Natis)
- Smooth rounded elevation
- More developed in females especially in pregnancy
stage. The more developed it is the sexier you are.
Natal cleft
- Deep fissure dividing the 2 buttocks
- Boundary between your 2 buttocks
Fold of the buttock
- Equivalent of *Inferior groove of gluteus maximus.
Due to bulging of the gluteus maximus and fatty
maximus
*Superficial fascia
- Thick, especially in women, and impregnated with
large quantities of fat
- Loaded with fat and numerous small cutaneous
nerves
- Thickens over lower and upper margins of gluteus
maximus. It actually covers gluteus maximus
- Rough and stingy over ischial tuberosity: cushion in
sitting position. The more developed it is the more
comfortable you are in sitting.
*Deep fascia
- Attached to the iliac crest
Gluteus Medius - dense, opaque, pearly
white deep fascia
Gluteus Maximus - thin, transparent
- More developed covering the gluteus medius
although it also goes upward and covers the gluteus
maximus
2 SPACES:
Infrapiriformic space: structures that exits from
this space (lateral to medial)
Structures that pass through:
1. Sciatic nerve
2. *Inferior gluteal nerve
3. Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh
4. Inferior gluteal artery
5. Nerve to obturator internus
6. Internal pudendal vessels
7. Internal pudendal nerve to the alcocks
canal
Suprapiriformic space: above the piriformis in the
greater sciatic foramen
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