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Medial compartment of thigh

Medial compartment of thigh is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Medial compartment of thigh rather than just read about it. In short: The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle. The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle. The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment. The obturator artery is the blood supply to the medial thigh. The muscles in the compartment are:

gracilis adductor longus adductor brevis adductor magnus The obturator externus muscle is sometimes considered part of this group, and sometimes excluded. (Spatially, it is in this location, but functionally, it is more similar to the other lateral rotator group muscles). The pectineus is sometimes included in this group, and sometimes excluded. It has the same function as the others in this group, but different innervation – namely, the femoral nerve.

References

External links medialthigh at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Medial compartment of thigh

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Medial compartment of thigh

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In the classroom: Medial compartment of thigh is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Animal anatomy, Medial compartment of thigh, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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