Medial compartment of thigh
| 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
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| Latin | compartimentum femoris mediale |
| obturator artery | |
| obturator nerve (femoral nerve for Pectineus muscle) | |
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| TH | {{#property:P1694}} |
| TE | {{#property:P1693}} |
| FMA | {{#property:P1402}} |
| Anatomical terminology
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The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the leg and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle.
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 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 – namely, the femoral nerve.)
References
External links
- medialthigh at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
- knee/muscles/thigh2 at the Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Anatomy
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