Anterior compartment of thigh
- Anterior compartment of thigh
Infobox Anatomy
Name = Anterior compartment of thigh
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Caption = Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Anterior compartment is at upper left.)
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Artery = femoral artery
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Nerve = femoral nerve
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The anterior fascial compartment of thigh contains the knee extensors and hip flexors.
It contains the following five muscles:[cite book |author=Sauerland, Eberhardt K.; Patrick W., PhD. Tank; Tank, Patrick W. |title=Grant's dissector |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2005 |pages=125 |isbn=0-7817-5484-4 |oclc= |doi=] ]* sartorius (the longest muscle in the human body)
* quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis)
The articularis genu is sometimes included in this group.[cite web |url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/WNOR/summarylistll.htm |title=Summary of Lower Limb |accessdate=2008-01-27 |format= |work=] ]The iliopsoas is sometimes considered a member of this group; [cite book |author=Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David |title=Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice |publisher=Elsevier Churchill Livingstone |location=St. Louis, Mo |year=2005 |pages=518 |isbn=0-443-07168-3 |oclc= |doi=] [cite web |url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/WNOR/summarylistll.htm |title=Summary of Lower Limb |accessdate=2008-01-27 |format= |work=] however, the psoas portions do not share the same innervation.]
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* [http://summit.stanford.edu/ourwork/PROJECTS/LUCY/lucywebsite/ant_comp.html Overview at stanford.edu]
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