ANAT 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Common Iliac Artery, Internal Iliac Artery, Gracilis Muscle
10 Nov 2016
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Anat 315 compartments of the thigh (b) Femoral artery: continuation of the extrenal iliac artery as it passes under the inguinal ligament. It runs through the femoral hseath, down the triangle, then into the subsartorial canal and pass through the adductor. Profunda vein (same fate and nomenclature as ^) Iliacus, rectus femoris, sartorius, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis. Note: pectineus is innervated by both femoral nerve and the anterior branch of the obturator nerve: also supplies skin on the inside of the leg by way of saphenous nerve. This compartment contains adductors of the thigh: all originate from the pubis, mostly insert on the medial lip of the linea aspera. The muscles are arranged into 2 layers from anterior to posterior: anterior layer: gracilis, pectineus, adductor longus, posterior layer: adductor brevis, adductor magnus, hamstring part of adductor magnus. Uppermost of the 3 insertions on the linea aspera. Inserts below the pectineus on the linea aspera.
