Neurovasculature of the Anterior and Medial Compartments of the Thigh

00:01 So now we've looked at the muscles within the anterior and medial compartments.

00:05 Let's try and bring it all together and add in some additional neurovascular structures as well.

00:11 So let's remind ourselves of the anterior and medial compartments of the thigh.

00:16 The muscles in the abductor compartment or the medial compartment, we have adductor Magnus, abductor brevis, Bacillus obturator, abductor brevis, gracilis, obturator externus and pectineus.

00:28 This is the medial and the adductor compartments of the thigh.

00:32 We could also then add on to their the anterior compartment.

00:35 So we have iliopsoas, sartorius, vastus medialis intermedius, lateralis, and then we have rectus femoris.

00:45 So we have a whole series of muscles within this region.

00:49 This specifically is the anterior compartment or the extensor of the knee compartment.

00:55 So now we can start detailing some important spaces and areas that contain some important structures within this region.

01:03 So here we can see the inguinal ligaments running from the anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle.

01:10 We can see passing deep to it, we have the femoral nerve, we have the femoral artery, the femoral vein, and here we have sartorius muscle indicated forming what are the boundaries of the femoral triangle.

01:22 But these structures the femoral nerve, artery, and vein are all running within the sub inguinal space, a region that lies deep to the inguinal ligament.

01:31 These then enter into that femoral triangle which is bordered by the sartorius muscle, I just mentioned.

01:38 And actually, these extend through the femoral triangle in the adductor canal, and then the abductor hiatus.