Topography
Sections
Thigh
Popliteal fossa
Leg
Foot
Vessels and nerves of the thigh
A
N cutaneus femoris lateralis
• A, femoralis
# M pectineus
M iliacus
A, profunda femoris •
M sartorius
m
M vastus medialis ♦
• M sartorius
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1156
1159
1393
1391
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• V femoralis
• A. femoralis
R. cutaneus (N. obturatorius)
N saphenus
Septum intermusculare vastoadductorium*
# M gracilis
N femoralis
R articularis (A descendens genus) •
N obturatorius
• R. acetabularis (A. obturatoria)
• R. anterior (A. obturatoria)
• R superficialis
(A. circumflexa femoris medialis)
N saphenus
N. obturatorius
• A circumflexa femoris medialis
circumflexa femoris lateralis •
R descendens •
(A, circumflexa femoris lateralis)
M rectus femoris
m
R. muscularis (N. femoralis)
Fig. 1392
Vessels and nerves of the anterior region of thigh,
Regio femoris anterior;
after partial removal of the sartorius muscle and dissection of
the pectineus muscle.
* The entrance into the adductor canal is form ed by the vastus m edialis
and adductor longus m uscles as w e ll as by the anterom edial
interm u scu lar septum spanning between them
