► Lower limb
Surface
Skeleton
Muscles
N.
1386
Vessels and nerves of the thigh
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Overview
Pelvis
Hip
• A. iliaca externa
• V, iliaca externa
• A. iliaca interna
# M, adductor longus
M rectus femoris 9
# M. gracilis
• M. sartorius
Rete patellare •
Lig, inguinale
u circumflexa ilium profunda •
M iliacus $
N. femoralis >
A profunda femoris •
A. femoralis* •
M tensor fasciae latae
%
M. vastus lateralis •
• M vastus medialis
1154
1156
1159
1392
1407
# M pectineus
• V saphena magna
R muscularis (N femoralis)
femoralis
R, articularis •
(A. descendens genus)
Lig. patellae
Fig. 1391
Vessels and nerves of the anterior region of thigh.
Regio femoris anterior;
after removal of the fascia lata except for the iliotibial tract.
C linically the fem oral artery is com m only referred to as superficial
fem oral artery to distinguish it from the deep artery of thigh
