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  2. Anterior compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The nerve of the anterior compartment of thigh is the femoral nerve. [2] Innervation for the quadriceps muscles come from the posterior division of the femoral nerve, while the anterior division (which contains cutaneous as well as muscular components) gives a lateral and a medial branch, the second being responsible for the innervation of the sartorius muscle. [4]

  3. Quadriceps - Wikipedia

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    The quadriceps femoris muscle (/ ˈ k w ɒ d r ɪ s ɛ p s ˈ f ɛ m ər ɪ s /, also called the quadriceps extensor, quadriceps or quads) is a large muscle group that includes the four prevailing muscles on the front of the thigh. It is the sole extensor muscle of the knee, forming a large fleshy mass which covers the front and sides of the femur.

  4. Fascial compartments of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The fascial compartments of thigh are the three fascial compartments that divide and contain the thigh muscles. The fascia lata is the strong and deep fascia of the thigh that surrounds the thigh muscles and forms the outer limits of the compartments. Internally the muscle compartments are divided by the lateral and medial intermuscular septa.

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

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    Upper Limb, Arm, Anterior compartment, right/left coracoid process of scapula: medial surface of humerus: brachial artery: musculocutaneous nerve: flexes and adducts shoulder: 2 1 biceps brachii: Upper Limb, Arm, Anterior compartment, right/left short head: coracoid process of scapula long head: supraglenoid tubercle: radial tuberosity ...

  6. Pectineus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The pectineus muscle (/ p ɛ k ˈ t ɪ n i ə s /, from the Latin word pecten, meaning comb) [1] is a flat, quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior (front) part of the upper and medial (inner) aspect of the thigh. The pectineus muscle is the most anterior adductor of the hip. The muscle's primary action is hip flexion; it also produces ...

  7. You Can Do Push-Pull Workouts on Leg Day, Too - AOL

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    Why it works: “Loved and hated by athletes worldwide, the Bulgarian split squat increases time under tension of the quadriceps (the upper thigh muscles that extend the knee) and hip flexors, as ...

  8. Human leg - Wikipedia

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    Of the anterior thigh muscles the largest are the four muscles of the quadriceps femoris: the central rectus femoris, which is surrounded by the three vasti, the vastus intermedius, medialis, and lateralis. Rectus femoris is attached to the pelvis with two tendons, while the vasti are inserted to the femur.

  9. Rectus femoris muscle - Wikipedia

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    All four parts of the quadriceps muscle attach to the patella (knee cap) by the quadriceps tendon. The rectus femoris is situated in the middle of the front of the thigh; it is fusiform in shape, and its superficial fibers are arranged in a bipenniform manner, the deep fibers running straight (Latin: rectus) down to the deep aponeurosis.

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