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  2. Rectus femoris muscle - Wikipedia

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    The posterior division of the L4 root is the femoral nerve. The femoral nerve innervates the quadriceps femoris, a fourth of which is the rectus femoris. When the rectus femoris receives the signal that has traveled all the way from the medial side of the precentral gyrus, it contracts, extending the knee and flexing the thigh at the hip. [2]

  3. Tensor fasciae latae muscle - Wikipedia

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    The tensor fasciae latae (or tensor fasciæ latæ or, formerly, tensor vaginae femoris) is a muscle of the thigh. Together with the gluteus maximus, it acts on and is continuous with the iliotibial band, which attaches to the tibia. The muscle assists in keeping the balance of the pelvis while standing, walking, or running.

  4. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    rectus, inferior: head, eye, orbit (left/right) annulus of Zinn at orbital apex 6.5 mm inferior to corneal limbus: ophthalmic artery: oculomotor nerve [CNIII], inferior branch: adducts and depresses eye: Oblique Superior and inferior 2 1 rectus, medial: head, eye, orbit (left/right) annulus of Zinn at orbital apex 5.5 mm medial to corneal ...

  5. Anterior compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The anterior compartment is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh that contains groups of muscles together with their nerves and blood supply. The anterior compartment contains the sartorius muscle (the longest muscle in the body) and the quadriceps femoris group, which consists of the rectus femoris muscle and the three vasti muscles – the vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, and ...

  6. External obturator muscle - Wikipedia

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    It arises from the margin of bone immediately around the medial side of the obturator membrane and surrounding bone, viz., from the inferior pubic ramus, and the ramus of the ischium; it also arises from the medial two-thirds of the outer surface of the obturator membrane, and from the tendinous arch which completes the canal for the passage of the obturator vessels and nerves.

  7. Fascial compartments of thigh - Wikipedia

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    Sartorius muscle, Quadriceps (Rectus femoris, Vastus lateralis, Vastus intermedius and Vastus medialis), Articularis genus: Femoral nerve: Medial compartment (inner thigh/groin) Pectineus, [2] External obturator, Gracilis muscle, Adductors (longus, brevis, and magnus) Obturator nerve: Posterior compartment (back of the thigh)

  8. Anterior inferior iliac spine - Wikipedia

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    The upper portion of the spine gives origin to the straight head of the rectus femoris muscle. [1] A teardrop-shaped lower portion gives origin to the iliofemoral ligament of the hip joint and borders the rim of the acetabulum.

  9. List of flexors of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Rectus femoris (part of the quadriceps muscle group) Sartorius; One of the gluteal muscles: Tensor fasciae latae; Medial compartment of thigh. Pectineus; Adductor longus; Adductor brevis; Gracilis; Without the iliopsoas muscles, flexion in sitting position is not possible across the horizontal plane. [2]