Episcopal Diocese of Southern Philippines

BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES INCORPORATED

R.T. Lim Boulevard, Zamboanga City

COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

THE THIGH

Component:
 Femur
 Longest, largest, heaviest
 25% of body weight
 Articulates above with the acetabulum to form the hip joint
 Below with the tibia and patella to form the knee joint

 Head forms about two thirds of a sphere and articulates with the acetabulum
 Orientation: Superiorly, anteriorly, medially
 Fovea Capitis a small depression in the center of the femoral head (attachment of ligaments)
 Blood supply of head of femur
 Adult: Medial and lateral femoral circumflex artery
 Child: Obturator artery, blood supply to the head of femur and it enters the bone at the
fovea

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 Episcopal Diocese of Southern Philippines
BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES INCORPORATED
R.T. Lim Boulevard, Zamboanga City

COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

 Neck connects the head and shaft, passes downward, backward and laterally makes an angle of
125 degrees (slightly less in female)
 Passage of common peroneal nerve
 Injury of the nerve can cause cross leg palsy/foot drop

Anterior Compartment of the Thigh Medial Compartment of the thigh

 Muscle Group:  Muscle Group:
 Sartorius  Gracilis
 Iliacus  Adductor longus
 Pectineus  Adductor brevis
 Quadriceps Femoris  Adductor magnus
 Nerve Supply: Femoral Nerve  Obturator externus
 Nerve supply: Obturator Nerve

Posterior Compartment of the thigh

 Muscle Group:
 Biceps Femoris
 Semitendinosus
 Semimembranosus
 Adductor magnus (hamstring part)
 Nerve supply: Sciatic nerve

Insertions
 Greater Trochanter
 Gluteus Medius
 Gluteus Minimus
 Gluteal Tuberosity and ITB
 Gluteus Maximus
 Lesser Trochanter
 Iliacus
 Psoas
 Pectineal Line
 Pectineus
 Linea Aspera/post. Shaft of the surface of femur
 Adductor magnus
 Adductor brevis
 Adductor longus
 Quadrate Tubercle
 Quadratus Femoris

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 Episcopal Diocese of Southern Philippines
BRENT HOSPITAL AND COLLEGES INCORPORATED
R.T. Lim Boulevard, Zamboanga City

COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL THERAPY

 Adductor Tubercle
 Adductor magnus (Hamstring Portion)

Prepared By: Leslie Jeaness Luna, PTRP

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