MUSCLES-TENSOR FASCIAE LATAE
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SUMMARY
1. Arises from a 5cm length of the external lip of the iliac crest b/w the ASIS + iliac tubercle.
2. Inserts into the iliotibial tract.
3. Supplied by the superior gluteal nerve.
4. Assists the gluteus maximus in extending the knee joint.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
