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Thigh - Fascial compartments | | Thigh - Fascial compartments: Encyclopedia II - Thigh - Fascial compartments | | | In cross-section, the thigh is divided up into three fascial compartments. These compartments use the femur as an axis, and are separated by tough connective tissue membranes (or septa). Each of these compartments has its own blood and nerve supply, and contains a different group of muscles.
Thigh - Anterior compartment.
This contains the flexors of the hip, and extensors of the knee, such as the quadriceps femoris. These muscles are supplied by the femoral nerve and the femoral artery. The longest muscle in the body, the Sartorius runs through here.
See also: Thigh, Thigh - Fascial compartments, Thigh - Anterior compartment, Thigh - Medial compartment, Thigh - Posterior compartment, Thigh - Blood vessels | | | Thigh, Thigh - Anterior compartment, Thigh - Blood vessels, Thigh - Fascial compartments, Thigh - Medial compartment, Thigh - Posterior compartment | | |
| | | Thigh: Encyclopedia II - Thigh - Fascial compartments
Thigh - Fascial compartments
In cross-section, the thigh is divided up into three fascial compartments. These compartments use the femur as an axis, and are separated by tough connective tissue membranes (or septa). Each of these compartments has its own blood and nerve supply, and contains a different group of muscles.
Thigh - Anterior compartment
This contains the flexors of the hip, and extensors of the knee, such as the quadriceps femoris. These muscles are supplied by the femoral nerve and the femoral artery. The longest muscle in the body, the Sartorius runs through here.
Thigh - Medial compartment
The obturator nerve supplies the hip adductors in this compartment. Muscles include adductor longus, adductor brevis and gracilis.
Thigh - Posterior compartment
The muscles here are the hamstrings. These muscles flex the knee, and extend the hip. This compartment is sciatic nerve territory.
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