ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH-VASTUS LATERALIS
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SUMMARY
1. O: greater trochanter, lateral lip of the linea aspera, upper 2/3 of the lateral supracondylar line & lateral intermuscular septum. 2. I: base of patella & tibial tuberosity via patella tendon.
3. NS: posterior branch of femoral n.
4. A: extends the knee.
Image: Athikhun.suw [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons [Accessed 24 Sep. 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.
