Group · Muscular system
Posterior compartment of thigh
Compartimentum posterius femoris
- System
- Muscular system
- Regions
- Lower limb
- Part of
- Muscles of lower limb
DescriptionUnreviewed
The posterior compartment of the thigh is one of the fascial compartments that contains the knee flexors and hip extensors known as the hamstring muscles, as well as vascular and nervous elements, particularly the sciatic nerve.
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Muscle attachments
Origin
Insertion
Parts
Names
- Latin
- Compartimentum posterius femoris
- English
- Posterior compartment of thigh
- French
- Compartiment postérieur de la cuisse
- Spanish
- Compartimento posterior del muslo
- Portuguese
- Compartimento posterior da coxa