MUSCLES-ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH

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.