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[[Summary Article|<h5>'''SUMMARY'''</h5>]] | [[Summary Article|<h5>'''SUMMARY'''</h5>]] | ||
<br/>1. SARTORIUS - arises from the ASIS, spirals obliquely across the thigh, passes downwards on the roof of the adductor canal and together with the tendons of the GRACILIS + SEMITENDINOSUS forms a conjoint tendon (Pes Anserinus) to be inserted into the <b>anteromedial</b> subcutaneous surface of the proximal tibia. <i>Supplied by the anterior division of the femoral nerve.</i> | <br/>1. SARTORIUS - arises from the ASIS, spirals obliquely across the thigh, passes downwards on the roof of the adductor canal and together with the tendons of the GRACILIS + SEMITENDINOSUS forms a conjoint tendon (Pes Anserinus) to be inserted into the <b>anteromedial</b> subcutaneous surface of the proximal tibia. <i>Supplied by the anterior division of the femoral nerve.</i> | ||
<br/>2. QUADRICEPS FEMORIS <i>- described in a separate section. </i> | <br/>2. QUADRICEPS FEMORIS <i>- described in a separate section. </i> | ||
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SUMMARY
1. SARTORIUS - arises from the ASIS, spirals obliquely across the thigh, passes downwards on the roof of the adductor canal and together with the tendons of the GRACILIS + SEMITENDINOSUS forms a conjoint tendon (Pes Anserinus) to be inserted into the anteromedial subcutaneous surface of the proximal tibia. Supplied by the anterior division of the femoral nerve.
2. QUADRICEPS FEMORIS - described in a separate section.
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
