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Ria Kumo
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I struggled a lot with these since there weren't always clear indications of individual hamstring muscles. Any critique or tips welcomed!
Hi Ria, I haven't done the hamstrings yet, so I will critique the adductors. From your reply, I think you understand them very well now, so feel free to ignore my critique.
I'm pretty sure that in your first tracing, the forms you are indicating as gracilis are actually the add. magnus and gracilis merged into one form. Sartorius shouldn't be visible from this angle, except from the knee area, where it flows around the vastus medialis, to attach on the tibia (the big bundle of tendons is actually visible here, so the sartorius would be in the front there, behind it would be the gracilis, and behind it are the hamstrings). The add. magnus attaches to the femur, so the gracilis will overlap it at the knee, in order to join the tendon bundle.
The adductor muscle that is medial to the hamstrings is the add.magnus. Gracilis is medial to the add. magnus. You have it as gracilis in your 3rd tracing (the one on his left leg), but it is actually the add.magnus.
In your 2nd, 3rd and 4rth tracing you forgot the add. magnus, between the hamstrings and the gracilis. It should be a little wedge-like form, like the one you drew on the 3rd tracing-his right leg , but a little bit longer. When the muscle is not stretched, it will be like a wedge, because it is covered by the hamstrings. If stretched, it will continue, until its insertion on the distal femur.
Best of luck with your anatomy studies :)
Proko has a youtube video doing a hamstring tracing. I wonder if you've seen it. It was very helpful to me. However for your first image where it says sartorius, that's more likely the adductor magnus. Same with the last image. I cant provide any other feedback as this area is difficult for me too haha :D
For your second image, that's either the hamstring tendon or IT band (see attached image). It's common to get the two mixed up. For your 4th image, the bump could be the Rectus Fermoris when it splits into it's two bellies. Not sure about your other pics, but i hope what i provided helps!
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Nice studies!
- It would be nice if you added som crosscontours to the muscles you indicate. It will clarify the form for the viewer and for yourself. The drawings feel a little flat at the moment.
- In the 2nd image, bottom drawing, you seem to be including the hamstrings in the adductor mass (if that is what that blue centerline represents). The line you see on the reference, going along the midline of the thigh down to the inside of the knee is created by the medial hamstrings I think. However, the adductor magnus is beneath there.
- I actually did a tracing of the reference in your 3rd image a while back. It's a bit messy, but it might be useful to you.
Hope this helps :)
Ria Kumo
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Hello! All critiques welcomed as always! I had marked in blue areas I wasn't sure of.