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1. ADDUCTOR MAGNUS - formed by fusion of adductor and hamstring muscles (hence absence of a septum b/w the posterior and medial compartments of the thigh). <i>Hamstring part </i>arises from lower lateral surface of the ischeal tuberosity. The <i>adductor part </i>arises from the ischeopubic ramus. Fibers are inserted into the adductor tubercle + along the medial supracondylar line + linea aspera up to gluteal tuberosity. S<i>upplied by the posterior division of the obturator nerve.</i>
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<br/><i>2. Medial circumflex femoral artery passes b/w the magnus + quadratus femoris to reach the cruciate anastamosis.</i>
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<br/>3. Near the top of the supracondylar line there is a gap for the femoral vessels (which change their name to popliteal as they pass through). 


==Reference(s)==
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
<br/>Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.

[[Category:Muscles]]
[[Category:Lower Limb]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]