Contents
General information
- A part of the thighs anterior muscle group
Position
- Deep
Origin
- Anteriorly and distally on the femur
Insertion
- Joint capsule anteriorly on the knee
Main function
- Contracts and pulls the knee capsule proximally
Nerve innervation
- Segmental
- L2-L4
- Peripheral
- Nervus femoralis
Arterial supply
- Deep femoral artery
Palpation
- The muscle is extremely difficult to palpate (if not impossible)