Hamstrings

Surface landmarks: patella (kneecap), patellar tendon, medial joint line, lateral joint line, quadriceps muscle, hamstring muscle group, tibia, anterior tibial tuberosity (insertion of the patellar tendon), and femur.

What our notes say

• Surface landmarks: patella (kneecap), patellar tendon, medial joint line, lateral joint line, quadriceps muscle, hamstring muscle group, tibia, anterior tibial tuberosity (insertion of the patellar tendon), and femur. (muscuskeletal exam — Past Paper Questions & Answers)
• Adductor magnus: obturator nerve to the adductor part and tibial division of the sciatic nerve to the hamstring part (Aponeurosis — Anatomy Question Bank)
• Structures attaching at Z: hamstring muscles; hamstring part of adductor magnus (Aponeurosis — Anatomy Question Bank)

Study material on Hamstrings

• Aponeurosis — Anatomy Question Bank

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Practice questions on Hamstrings

Regarding the hamstring compartment

• The cutaneous nerve supply is from the posterior circumflex femoral nerve
• Ischial fibres of adductor magnus degenerate to form the tibial collateral ligament
• Semitendinosus lies deep to semimembranosus
• The oblique popliteal ligament is an expansion of biceps femoris
• The long head of biceps arises from the lateral facet of the ischial tuberosity

Answer: B. The hamstring part of adductor magnus has some fibers that insert as a tendon onto the adductor tubercle, and phylogenetically these fibers are related to the medial (tibial) collateral ligament. The oblique popliteal ligament is an expansion of semimembranosus, not biceps femoris. ---

Related topics

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• Supraspinatus
• Popliteal Fossa
• Patella
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• Femoral Nerve
• Femoral Triangle
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• Scapula