This example wants us to take those anatomical terms that we just learned and try to identify some very specific muscles or fascia in the body. Now, you probably know what muscles are. You may not know that fascia is connective tissue that surrounds muscles or connects muscles to other tissue in the body. You don't need to know that for this chapter. We'll learn all about it when we do muscles.
Okay. First off, we have the gluteus maximus. Where might that be? Well, gluteus Gluteus is the gluteal region. The gluteal region or your gluteus maximus, that's the big old muscle of your rear end.
We're going to say it's in the buttocks. So the gluteus maximus, the big old muscle of your butt. Next, we have the transverse peroneal muscle. Where might that be? Alright.
Transverse peroneal. Keyword, peroneal. We said perineal was the small region between the anus and the genitals, so I'm just going to write that between the anus and the genitals. Next up, we have the levator scapulae. Think where that might be.
Alright. The keyword there, scapulae. Scapulae sounds like scapular. Scapulae is the shoulder blade. Finally, we have what I think is a bit of a tricky one, the thoracolumbar fascia.
Where might that be? Okay. This word here actually has 2 roots in it. First, we have, or second, what I see more easily, I see lumbar. And lumbar, I know, is the lower back.
But we have the first part of the word and the first part of the word that thoraco, that is going to refer to the thorax, the thoracic region, so lower back and thorax. So, this is a whole bunch of fascia connective tissue that connects muscles to your spine in your back, the thoracolumbar fascia. With that, we have some more practice problems below. Give them a try.