Muscle Compartments: Thigh

Question 1

flexors of anterior thigh

Answer 1

pectineus
iliopsoas
sartorius

Question 2

extensors of anterior thigh

Answer 2

quadriceps femoris

• rectus femoris
• vastus medialis
• vastus lateralis

Question 3

innervation of anterior thigh

Answer 3

femoral nerve (L2,3,4)

Question 4

what of the anterior thigh is not innervated by the femoral nerve?

Answer 4

psoas major

Question 5

medial adductors

Answer 5

adductor longus
adductor brevis
adductor Magnus
gracilis
obturator externus

Question 6

innervation of medial muscle compartment

Answer 6

obturator

Question 7

which muscle of the medial compartment is not innervated by the obturator nerve?

Answer 7

adductor magnus is tibial nerve

Question 8

posterior muscles (extensors of thigh and flexors of leg)

Answer 8

semitendinosus
semimembranosus
bicep femoris

Question 9

innervation of the posterior compartment

Answer 9

tibial division of the sciatic nerve (L5, S1, S2)

Question 10

which muscle in the posterior compartment is not innervated by the tibial division of the sciatic nerve?

Answer 10

short head biceps femoris which is common fibular division of the sciatic nerve