Medial compartment of thigh
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| Medial compartment of thigh | |
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| Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Medial compartment is at center right.) | |
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| Anterior hip muscles | |
| Gray's | subject #128 471 |
| Artery | obturator artery |
| Nerve | obturator nerve (femoral nerve for Pectineus muscle) |
The medial fascial compartment of thigh contains the hip adductors.
The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment.
The muscles in the compartment are:
The obturator externus muscle is sometimes considered part of this group,[1][2][3] and sometimes excluded.[4] (Spatially, it is it in this location, but functionally, it is more similar to the other lateral rotator group muscles).
The pectineus is sometimes included in this group,[1][3] and sometimes excluded.[2][4] (It has the same function as the others in this group, but different innervation.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.
- ^ a b Sauerland, Eberhardt K.; Patrick W., PhD. Tank; Tank, Patrick W. (2005). Grant's dissector. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 129. ISBN 0-7817-5484-4.
- ^ a b Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 123. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
- ^ a b Summary of Lower Limb. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
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