The Anthromica Library

The human body one structure at a time. Every page has a 3D model you can turn, with its parts numbered on it, where it sits, what it does and what supplies it.

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Muscles · Lower limbTibialis anterior muscleMusculus tibialis anteriorThe thick muscle of the shin, lying beside the tibia and passing in front of the ankle to the inner side of the foot.
Muscles · Lower limbTibialis posterior muscleMusculus tibialis posteriorThe deepest muscle at the back of the leg, lying between tibia and fibula and passing behind the medial malleolus to the navicular.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbTransverse acetabular ligamentLigamentum transversum acetabuliA strong band bridging the notch in the lower rim of the hip socket, completing the ring of the acetabular labrum.
Muscles · Lower limbTransverse head of adductor hallucisCaput transversum adductoris hallucisThe narrow head of adductor hallucis that crosses the sole just behind the toes, from the lateral metatarsophalangeal joints to the great toe.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbTransverse ligament of kneeLigamentum transversum genusA short band at the front of the knee joint joining the anterior ends of the medial and lateral menisci.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbTransverse part of iliofemoral ligamentPars transversa ligamenti iliofemoralisThe upper, lateral limb of the Y-shaped iliofemoral ligament, crossing the front of the hip from the ilium towards the greater trochanter.
Muscles · Lower limbVastus intermedius muscleMusculus vastus intermediusThe deepest head of quadriceps femoris, wrapped around the front and outer side of the femoral shaft beneath rectus femoris.
Muscles · Lower limbVastus lateralis muscleMusculus vastus lateralisThe largest head of quadriceps femoris, forming the bulk of the outer thigh from the greater trochanter to the patella.
Muscles · Lower limbVastus medialis muscleMusculus vastus medialisThe inner head of quadriceps femoris, forming the teardrop-shaped bulge above the medial side of the kneecap.
Joints and ligaments · Lower limbZona orbicularisA ring of deep circular fibres in the hip joint capsule that encircles the narrowest part of the femoral neck like a collar.