Plate525
FemoralNerveandLateralCutaneousNerveofThigh
Neurovasculature
Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (L2, 3)
Femoral nerve (L2, 3, 4)
Obturator nerve
Iliacus muscle
Psoas major muscle (upper part)
Articular branch
Sartorius muscle
(
cut and reflected
)
Pectineus muscle
Quadriceps
femoris
muscle
Rectus femoris
muscle (
cut
and reflected
)
Vastus
intermedius muscle
Vastus
medialis muscle
Vastus
lateralis muscle
Articularis genus muscle
Note: Only muscles
innervated by femoral
nerve shown
Lumbar plexus
T12
Lumbosacral trunk
Lateral femoral
cutaneous nerve
Anterior cutaneous
branches of
femoral nerve
Sartorius muscle
(
cut and reflected
)
Saphenous nerve
Infrapatellar branch
of saphenous nerve
Medial crural cutaneous
nerves (branches of
saphenous nerve)
Cutaneous
innervation
L1
L2
L3
L4
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