ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH-RECTUS FEMORIS
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SUMMARY
1. O: bipennate muscles that arises by 2 heads. Straight head - anterior inferior iliac spine. Reflected head - above the acetabulum. 2. I: base of patella & tibial tuberosity via patella tendon.
3. NS: posterior branch of femoral n.
4. A: extends the knee.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 14 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.
