Thursday, August 24, 2017

73 - Compartments of the thigh



* Thigh has three fascial compartments
1. Anterior
2. Medial
3. Posterior

* The Anterior compartment of the thigh includes muscles such as
- Vastus medialis (V M)
- Vastus intermedius (V I)
- Vastus lateralis (V L)
- Rectus femoris (R F)
- Sartorius (S)

* The Medial compartment includes muscles such as
- Adductor magnus
- Adductor longus
- Gracilis
- Adductor brevis (not seen here because it terminates a little higher)

* The posteior compartment of the thigh includes muscles such as
- Semimebranosus
- Semitendinosus
- Biceps femoris (both long and short heads)

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