Contents of Medial Compartment.

1. Contents of Medial Compartment
• Muscles: -
Gracilis, adductor longus, adductor
brevis, adductor magnus, and obturator
externus.
• Blood supply:-
Profunda femoris artery & Vein and
obturator artery & vein.
• Nerve supply:-
Obturator nerve.

2. Muscles of Medial Compartment
Following are the muscles that come in medial
compartment of thigh.
Gracilis
adductor longus
adductor brevis
adductor magnus
obturator externus.

3. Gracilis
Gracilis

4. Gracilis (Conti)
Origin: -
Inferior ramus of
pubis, ramus of
ischium.

5. Gracilis (Conti)
Insertion: -
Upper part of shaft
of tibia on medial
surface.

6. Gracilis (Conti)
Nerve Supply: -
Obturator nerve.
Root Value: -
L2, L3.

7. Gracilis (Conti)
Action: -
• Adducts thigh at hip
joint
• flexes leg at knee joint.

8. Adductor Longus
Adductor Longus

9. originBody of pubis,
medial to pubic tubercle
Insertion: -
Posterior surface of shaft
of femur (linea aspera)

10. Adductor Longus (Conti)
Nerve Supply: -
Obturator nerve.
Root Value: -
L2, L3, L4

11. Adductor Longus (Conti)
Action: -
• Adducts thigh at hip
joint
• assists in lateral
rotation

12. Adductor Brevis
Adductor Brevis

13. Adductor Brevis (Conti)
Origin: -
Inferior ramus of
pubis

14. Adductor Brevis (Conti)
Insertion: -
Posterior surface of
shaft of femur (linea
aspera)

15. Adductor Brevis (Conti)
Nerve supply: -
Obturator nerve
Root Value: -
L2, L3, L4

16. Adductor Brevis (Conti)
Action: -
• Adducts thigh at hip
joint
• assists in lateral
rotation

17. Adductor Magnus
Adductor Magnus

18. Adductor Magnus (Conti)
Origin: -
Inferior ramus of
pubis, ramus of
ischium, ischial
tuberosity.

19. Adductor Magnus (Conti)
Insertion: -
Posterior surface
of shaft of femur,
adductor tubercle of
femur

20. Adductor Magnus (Conti)
Nerve Supply: -
As Adductor magnus have two portions
Adductor and hamstring portion so both have different
nerve supplies.
• Adductor Portion: -
Obturator Nerve
• Hamstring Portion: -
Sciatic Nerve
Root Value: -
L2, L3, L4

21. Adductor Magnus (Conti)
Action: -
• Adductor Portion: -
Adducts thigh at hip
joint
Assists in lateral
rotation

22. Adductor Magnus (Conti)
Action (Conti): -
• Hamstring Portion: -
Hamstring portion
extends thigh at hip joint.

23. Obturator Externus
Obturator
Externus

24. Obturator Externus (Conti)
Origin: -
Outer surface of
obturator membrane and
pubic and ischial rami.

25. Obturator Externus (Conti)
Insertion: -
Medial surface of
greater trochanter.

26. Obturator Externus (Conti)
Nerve Supply: -
Obturator nerve.
Root Value: -
L3, L4.

27. Obturator Externus (Conti)
Action: -
Laterally rotates
thigh at hip joint.

28. Blood supply
Blood Supply of medial compartment contains
following arteries and veins
• Profunda femoris artery & Vein
• Obturator artery & vein.

29. Profunda Femoris Artery
Profunda Femoris Artery
Large Artery.
Origin: -
Arises 1.5 inches
below Inguinal ligament
from femoral artery in
femoral triangle from
lateral side of artery.

30. Pathway of Artery
• Artery of thigh immediately passes:
posteriorly between the pectineus and
adductor longus muscles and then between
the adductor longus and adductor brevis
muscles.
• Then travels inferiorly between the adductor
longus and adductor magnus

31. Branches
Following are the branches of profunda femoral
Artery
• Medial femoral Circumflex artery
• Lateral femoral Circumflex artery
• Perforating Arteries

32. Medial femoral Circumflex artery
• This branch of profunda femoral artery gives
off muscular branches to medial facial
compartment.
• It also takes part in the formation of cruciate
anastomosis.

33. Lateral femoral Circumflex artery