Difference between revisions of "MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF THE THIGH"
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1. Contents separated from the anterior compartment by the medial intermuscular septum. | 1. Contents separated from the anterior compartment by the medial intermuscular septum. | ||
<br/> | <br/>2. No septum dividing them from the posterior compartment. | ||
<br/>3. Medial intermuscular septum lies deep to the femoral vessels and is a continuation of the fascia lata in the floor of the saphenous opening. | <br/>3. Medial intermuscular septum lies deep to the femoral vessels and is a continuation of the fascia lata in the floor of the saphenous opening. | ||
<br/>4. Superficial contents - gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis. | <br/>4. Superficial contents - gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis. | ||
<br/>5. Deep contents - adductor magnus, obturator externus. | <br/>5. Deep contents - adductor magnus, obturator externus. | ||
<br/>6. Others - obturator nerve, obturator vessels, profunda femoris artery. | <br/>6. Others - obturator nerve, obturator vessels, profunda femoris artery. | ||
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<br/>[[Image:800px-Thigh_cross_section.svg.png]] | <br/>[[Image:800px-Thigh_cross_section.svg.png]] | ||
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<br/><b | <br/><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019]. | ||
Latest revision as of 11:29, 1 January 2023
SUMMARY
1. Contents separated from the anterior compartment by the medial intermuscular septum.
2. No septum dividing them from the posterior compartment.
3. Medial intermuscular septum lies deep to the femoral vessels and is a continuation of the fascia lata in the floor of the saphenous opening.
4. Superficial contents - gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis.
5. Deep contents - adductor magnus, obturator externus.
6. Others - obturator nerve, obturator vessels, profunda femoris artery.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 7 Apr. 2019].
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.
