====== ANTERIOR THIGH ======


  * Skin and superficial fascia 
  * Cutaneous nerves 
  * Cutaneous vessels 
  * Great or long saphenous vein 


  * Deep fascia and it's modifications 




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^ Muscle                   ^                  ^ Origin                                                                                                    ^ Insertion                                          ^ Artery          ^ Nerve          ^ Action                                                                         ^ Antagonist  ^
| articularis genus        |                  | femur                                                                                                     | suprapatellar bursa                                | femoral artery  | femoral nerve  | pulls suprapatellar bursa during extension of knee                             |             |
| sartorius                | दीर्घतमा         | superior to anterior superior iliac spine                                                                 | medial side of upper tibia in pes anserinus        |                 |                | flexes, laterally rotates, and abducts thigh, flexes and medially rotates leg  |             |
| quadriceps femoris       | ऊरु चतुःशिरस्का  | combined rectus femoris and vastus muscles                                                                | patella and tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon  |                 |                | extends knee, flexes hip (rectus femoris only)                                 | hamstring   |
|      rectus femoris      | समऔर्विका        | anterior inferior iliac spine and exterior surface of bony ridge which forms iliac portion of acetabulum  |                                                    |                 |                | knee extension; hip flexion                                                    |             |
|      vastus lateralis    | पार्श्व बृहदिका  | greater trochanter, intertrochanteric line, and linea aspera of femur                                     |                                                    |                 |                | extends knee                                                                   |             |
|      vastus intermedius  | मध्य बृहदिका     | anterior surface of femur                                                                                 |                                                    |                 |                |                                                                                |             |
|      vastus medialis     | अभिमध्य बृहदिका  | anteromedial surface of femur                                                                             |                                                    |                 |                |                                                                                |             |


===== FEMORAL TRIANGLE =====

  * See : [[femoral-triangle|FEMORAL TRIANGLE]]




===== DISSECTION TUTORIALS =====

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