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  2. Pectineus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The greater nerve to the muscle is the femoral nerve. Unlike the obturator accessory nerve, the femoral nerve is always present and provides the sole innervation for the pectineus muscle in over 90% of cases. The muscle is also innervated by the accessory obturator nerve in the 8.7% of cases in which the nerve occurs. [5]

  3. List of nerves of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of nerves in the human body: Location. Distribution of the areas of the sensory roots upon the surface of the body.

  4. Femoral triangle - Wikipedia

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    After a short course of about 4 cm in the thigh, the nerve is divided into anterior and posterior divisions, separated by lateral femoral circumflex artery. [2] Nerve to pectineus - This nerve arises from the femoral nerve just above the inguinal ligament. It passes behind the femoral sheath to reach the anterior surface of the pectineus muscle ...

  5. Fascial compartments of thigh - Wikipedia

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    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) 'hamstring portion' of the Adductor magnus, Biceps femoris, Semitendinosus and Semimembranosus: Sciatic nerve

  6. Groin - Wikipedia

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    The pectineus muscle is innervated by the femoral nerve, and the hamstring portion of adductor magnus is innervated by the tibial nerve. [5] In the groin, underneath the skin, there are three to five deep inguinal lymph nodes that play a role in the immune system. These can be swollen due to certain diseases, the most common one being a simple ...

  7. Topographic map (neuroanatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Receptors are located throughout the body including the skin, epithelia, internal organs, skeletal muscles, bones, and joints. The cutaneous receptors of the skin project in an orderly fashion to the spinal cord , and from there, via different afferent pathways ( dorsal column-medial lemniscus tract and spinothalamic tract ), to the ventral ...

  8. Composite muscle - Wikipedia

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    Flexor pollicis brevis: Supplied by recurrent branch of the median nerve and the deep branch of the ulnar nerve; Iliopsoas: Supplied by spinal nerves and femoral nerve; The tongue is a composite muscle made up of various components like longitudinal, transverse, horizontal muscles with different parts innervated having different nerve supply.

  9. Pectineal ligament - Wikipedia

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    It connects to the pectineus muscle on its ventral and superior aspects. [1] It connects to the rectus abdominis muscle, and the abdominal internal oblique muscle, of the anterior abdominal wall. [1] The pectineal ligament is usually around 6 cm long in adults. [2] It is close to the major vasculature of the pelvis, including external iliac ...