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 With the body in the erect posture the line joining the public [[tubercle]] to the top of the greater [[trochanter]] is practically horizontal; the middle of this line overlies the [[acetabulum]] and the head of the [[femur]].
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+[[File:Gray1245.png|thumb|left|FIG. 1245– Front of right thigh, showing surface markings for bones, femoral artery and femoral nerve. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')]]
-FIG. 1243– Nélaton’s line and Bryant’s triangle. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')
+[[File:Gray1247.png|thumb|FIG. 1247– Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')]]

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[[Anatomy]] > [[Gray's Anatomy| Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body]] > XII. Surface Anatomy and Surface Markings > 14. Surface Markings of the Lower Extremity

[[Henry Gray]] (1821–1865). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.

== '''Surface Markings of the Lower Extremity''' ==

=== '''Bony Landmarks''' ===
The anterior superior [[iliac spine]] is at the level of the [[sacral promontory]]—the [[posterior]] at the level of the [[spinous process]] of the second [[sacral]] vertebra. A horizontal line through the highest points of the [[iliac]] crests passes also through the spinous process of the fourth [[lumbar vertebra]], while, as already pointed out (page 1315), the transtubercular plane through the [[tubercles]] on the iliac crests cuts the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra.

The upper margin of the greater [[sciatic notch]] is opposite the spinous process of the third [[sacral vertebra]], and slightly below this level is the posterior inferior [[iliac spine]]. The surface markings of the posterior inferior iliac spine and the [[ischial spine]] are both situated in a line which joins the posterior superior iliac spine to the outer part of the ischial [[tuberosity]]; the posterior inferior spine is 5 cm. and the ischial spine 10 cm. below the posterior superior spine; the ischial spine is opposite the first piece of the [[coccyx]].
With the body in the erect posture the line joining the public [[tubercle]] to the top of the greater [[trochanter]] is practically horizontal; the middle of this line overlies the [[acetabulum]] and the head of the [[femur]].

<center>http://www.wikimd.org/images/gray/large/image1243.gif </center>

FIG. 1243– Nélaton’s line and Bryant’s triangle. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')

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FIG. 1244– Left gluteal region, showing surface markings for arteries and sciatic nerve. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')

<center>http://www.wikimd.org/images/gray/large/image1245.gif </center>

FIG. 1245– Front of right thigh, showing surface markings for bones, femoral artery and femoral nerve. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')

<center>http://www.wikimd.org/images/gray/large/image1246.gif </center>

FIG. 1246– Lateral aspect of right leg, showing surface markings for bones, anterior tibial and dorsalis pedis arteries, and deep peroneal nerve. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')

<center>http://www.wikimd.org/images/gray/large/image1247.gif </center>

FIG. 1247– Back of left lower extremity, showing surface markings for bones, vessels, and nerves. (''Picture From the Classic Gray's Anatomy'')

A line used for clinical purposes is that of Nélaton (Fig. 1243), which is drawn from the anterior superior [[iliac spine]] to the most prominent part of the [[ischial tuberosity]]; it crosses the center of the [[acetabulum]] and the upper border of the greater [[trochanter]]. Another surface marking of clinical importance is '''[[Bryant’s triangle]]''' which is mapped out thus: a line from the anterior superior iliac spine to the top of the greater trochanter forms the base of the triangle; its sides are formed respectively by a horizontal line from the anterior superior iliac spine and a vertical line from the top of the greater trochanter.

=== '''Articulations''' ===
The posterior superior [[iliac spine]] overlies the center of the '''[[sacroiliac]] articulations'''

The '''[[hip-joint]]''' may be indicated, as described above, by the center of a horizontal line from the [[pubic tubercle]] to the top of the greater [[trochanter]]; or more generally, it is below and slightly lateral to the middle of the [[inguinal]] ligament.

The '''[[knee-joint]]''' is [[superficial]] and requires no surface marking.

The level of the '''[[ankle-joint]]''' is that of a transverse line about 1 cm. above the level of the tip of the medial [[malleolus]]. If the foot be forcibly extended, the head of the [[talus]] appears as a rounded prominence on the medial side of the [[dorsum]]; just in front of this prominence and behind the [[tuberosity]] of the navicular is the '''[[talonavicular joint]]''' The '''calcaneocuboid joint''' is situated midway between the lateral malleolus and the prominent base of the fifth [[metatarsal bone]]; the line indicating it is parallel to that of the '''[[talonavicular]]''' joint.

The line of the '''fifth tarsometatarsal joint''' is very oblique; it starts from the projection of the base of the fifth [[metatarsal bone]], and if continued would pass through the head of the first metatarsal. The lines of the '''fourth''' and '''third [[tarsometatarsal joints]]''' are less oblique. The '''first tarsometatarsal joint''' corresponds to a groove which can be felt by making firm pressure on the medial border of the foot 2.5 cm. in front of the [[tuberosity]] of the [[navicular bone]]; the position of the '''second tarsometatarsal joint''' is 1.25 cm. behind this.

The '''[[metatarsophalangeal joints]]''' are about 2.5 cm. behind the webs of the corresponding toes.

=== '''Muscles''' ===
None of the muscles require any special surface lines to indicate them, but there are three intermuscular spaces which occasionally require definition, viz., the [[femoral triangle]], the [[adductor canal]], and the [[popliteal fossa]].

The '''femoral triangle''' is bounded above by the inguinal ligament, laterally by the medial border of [[Sartorius]], and medially by the medial border of [[Adductor longus]]. In the triangle is the fossa ovalis, through which the great [[saphenous vein]] dips to join the [[femoral]]; the center of this fossa is about 4 cm. below and lateral to the pubic [[tubercle]], its vertical diameter measures about 4 cm. and its transverse about 1.5 cm. The [[femoral]] ring is about 1.25 cm. lateral to the pubic tubercle.

The '''adductor canal''' occupies the medial part of the middle third of the thigh; it begins at the [[apex]] of the femoral triangle and lies deep to the vertical part of [[Sartorius]]. The '''[[popliteal fossa]]''' is bounded: above and medially by the [[tendons]] of [[Semimembranosus]] and [[Semitendinosus]]; above and laterally by the tendon of Biceps femoris; below and medially by the medial head of [[Gastrocnemius]]; below and laterally by the lateral head of Gastrocnemius and the Plantaris.

=== '''Mucous Sheaths''' ===
The positions of the mucous sheaths around the [[tendons]] about the ankle-joints are sufficiently indicated in Figs. 1241, 1242 (see also page 489).

=== '''Arteries''' ===
The points of emergence of the three main arteries on the [[buttock]], viz., the [[superior]] and inferior [[gluteals]] and the internal [[pudendal]], may be indicated in the following manner (Fig. 1244). With the [[femur]] slightly flexed and rotated inward, a line is drawn from the posterior superior [[iliac spine]] to the posterior superior angle of the greater [[trochanter]]; the point of emergence of the '''superior gluteal artery''' from the upper part of the greater [[sciatic foramen]] corresponds to the junction of the upper and middle thirds of this line.

A second line is drawn from the posterior superior iliac spine to the outer part of the ischial [[tuberosity]]; the junction of its lower with its middle third marks the point of emergence of the '''inferior gluteal''' and '''internal pudendal arteries''' from the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen. The course of the '''[[femoral artery]]''' (Fig. 1245) is represented by the upper two-thirds of a line from a point midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and the [[symphysis pubis]] to the [[adductor]] tubercle, with the thigh abducted and rotated outward; the '''profunda femoris''' arises from it about 1 to 5 cm. below the inguinal ligament. The course of the upper part of the '''[[popliteal artery]]''' (Fig. 1247) is indicated by a line from the lateral margin of Semimembranosus at the junction of the middle and lower thirds of the thigh, obliquely downward to the middle of the popliteal fossa; from this point it runs vertically downward for about 2.5 cm. or to the level of a line through the lower part of the tibial tuberosity. The line indicating the '''[[anterior tibial artery]]''' (Fig. 1246) is drawn from the medial side of the head of the fibula to a point midway between the malleoli; the artery begins about 3 cm. below the head of the fibula.

The '''[[dorsalis pedis artery]]''' is represented on the dorsum of the foot by a line from the center of the interval between the malleoli to the proximal end of the first intermetatarsal space.
The course of the '''[[posterior tibial artery]]''' (Fig. 1247) can be shown by a line from the end of the popliteal artery, ''i. e'' 2.5 cm. below the center of the popliteal fossa, to midway between the tip of the medial malleolus and the center of the convexity of the heel; its main branch, the '''[[peroneal artery]]''' begins about 7 or 8 cm. below the level of the knee-joint and follows the line of the fibula to the back of the lateral malleolus. The '''medial''' and '''lateral plantar arteries''' begin from the end of the posterior tibial; the medial extends to the middle of the plantar surface of the ball of the great toe, the lateral to within a finger’s breadth of the tuberosity of the fifth metatarsal bone; from this latter point the '''[[plantar arch]]''' crosses the foot transversely to the proximal end of the first intermetatarsal space.

=== '''Veins''' ===
The line of the '''great [[saphenous vein]]''' is from the front of the medial malleolus to the center of the [[fossa ovalis]]; the '''small saphenous vein''' runs from the back of the lateral malleolus to the center of the [[popliteal fossa]].

=== '''Nerves''' ===
The course of the '''[[sciatic nerve]]''' (Fig. 1247) can be indicated by a line from a point midway between the outer border of the [[ischial tuberosity]] and the posterior superior angle of the greater [[trochanter]] to the upper angle of the popliteal fossa. The continuation of this line vertically through the center of the popliteal fossa represents the position of the '''[[tibial nerve]]''' while the '''common peroneal nerve''' follows the line of the tendon of Biceps femoris. The lines for the '''deep peroneal nerve''' and the continuation of the '''[[tibial nerve]]''' correspond respectively to those for the anterior and posterior [[tibial arteries]].
==Further reading==
* {{cite book|last1=Frederick|first1=Roland Becker|last2=Wilson|first2=James Walter|last3=Gehweiler|first3=John A.|title=The anatomical basis of medical practice|publisher=Williams and Wilkins|year=1971|edition=illustrated}}
* {{cite book|last=Lumley|first=John S. P.|title=Surface Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Examination|date=2008|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-0-7020-4776-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCSY4EvsDhYC&printsec=frontcover|edition=4th|accessdate=28 February 2014}}
* {{cite book|last1=Rohen|first=Johannes Wilhelm|authorlink1=Johannes W. Rohen|last2=Yokochi|first2=Chihiro|last3=Lütjen-Drecoll|first3=Elke|year=2011|title=Color Atlas of Anatomy – A Photographic Study of the Human Body|url=https://archive.org/details/coloratlasanatom00rohe|url-access=limited|edition=7th|publisher=Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=978-1-58255-856-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/coloratlasanatom00rohe/page/n217 204]–5, 476–7}}
* {{cite book|last=Sheppard|first=Joseph|year=1991|title=''Drawing the Living Figure''|isbn=0-486-26723-7|publisher=Dover Publications, Incorporated}}

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