Steve is a member of the West Coast Eagles football team. During practice, he suffered a...

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Steve is a member of the West Coast Eagles football team. Duringpractice, he suffered a high impact collided with a team-mate andinjured the anterior compartment of his thigh. As a result of thecollision, his quadriceps femoris muscle were compressed againstthe femur, resulting in quadriceps contusion or ‘cork thigh’.

Describe the gross anatomy of the [muscles, their attachmentsand actions and nerve supply] of the quadriceps [anterior]compartment of the thigh?

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origin insertion innervation action blood supply rectus femoris Anterior inferior iliac spine and and ilium superior to acetabulum base of patella to tibial tuberosity via patellar ligament femoral    See Answer
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