| Anterior compartment of thigh | |
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| Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Anterior compartment is at upper left.) | |
| Latin | compartimentum femoris anterius |
| Gray's | subject #128 468 |
| Artery | femoral artery |
| Nerve | femoral nerve |
The anterior fascial compartment of thigh contains the knee extensors and hip flexors.
It contains the following five muscles:[1]
The muscles of the anterior compartment of the thigh (as well as the pectineus of the medial compartment) are innervated by the femoral nerve. Though the iliopsoas is sometimes considered a member of the anterior compartment muscles,[2][3] the iliacus and the psoas portions do not share the same innervation. Whereas the iliacus is innervated by the femoral nerve, the psoas is innervated by ventral rami of L1-L3. Notably, the articularis genu is also sometimes included in the anterior compartment group.[2]
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