====== THIGH ======

THIGH

  * FRONT OF THIGH
  * Adductor canal
  * skin
  * superficial fascia
  * 2 layers
  * superficial fatty layer
  * deep membranous layer
  * loosely attached to deep fascia
  * except near inguinal ligament
  * attached along a horizontal line called holdens line
  * holdens line
  * starts lateral to pubic tubercle
  * extends laterally for 8 cm
  * prevents leakage of urine during injury to perineum
  * continuous with layers of abdominal wall
  * cutaneous nerves
  * ilioinguinal nerve
  * femoral branch of genito femoral nerve
  * lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
  * intermediate cutaneous nerve of thigh
  * medial cutaneous nerve of thigh
  * saphenous nerve
  * patellar plexus
  * cutaneous arteries
  * superficial external pudendal artery
  * superficial epigastric artery
  *  
  * suoerficial circumflex iliac artery
  * Great or long sapneous vein
  * Superficial Inguinal Lymph Nodes
  * subcutaneous bursa
  * bursa in relation to patella
  * prepatellar bursa
  * subcutaneous infrapatellar bursa
  * deep bursa
  * CLINICAL ANATOMY
  * prepatellar bursitis or housemaids knee
  * subcutaneous infrapatellar bursitis or clergyman's knee
  *  
  * deep fascia/fascia lata
  * attachments
  * superiorly
  * anteriorly
  * to inguinal ligament
  * laterally to
  * iliac crest
  * posteriorly
  * through gluteal fascia
  * to sacrum
  * medially
  * to pubis , pubic arch and ischial tuberosity
  * inferiorly
  * modifications
  * saphenous opening
  * intermuscular septum
  * Femoral triangle
  * MEDIAL SIDE OF THIGH
  * ADDUCTOR COMPARTMENT
  * muscles
  * boundaries
  * nerves
  * OBTURATOR nerve
  * artery
  * OBTURATOR ARTERY
  * BACK OF THIGH


  * [[en:thigh-front|Regio femoris anterior (front of thigh)]]
  * [[en:thigh-back|Regio Femoris Posterior (back of thigh)]]
  * [[en:thigh-sides|Regio Femoris Medialis (Side of thigh)]]


===== COMPARTMENTS OF THIGH  =====

^ COMPARTMENT                                  ^ MUSCLES                                                                                                                     ^ NEUROVASCULAR STRUCTURE  ^
| Anterior compartment ( (front of the thigh)  | Sartorius muscle, Quadriceps (Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus intermedius and Vastus medialis), Articularis genus  | Femoral nerve            |
| Medial compartment (inner thigh/groin)       | Pectineus, External obturator, Gracilis muscle, Adductors (longus, brevis, and minimus)                                     | Obturator nerve          |
| Posterior compartment (back of the thigh)    | 'hamstring portion' of the Adductor magnus, Biceps femoris, Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus                              | Sciatic nerve            |

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===== FASCIA LATA =====


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