Medial compartment of thigh

Medial compartment of thigh
Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Medial compartment is at center right.)
Anterior hip muscles
Details
Artery	obturator artery
Nerve	obturator nerve (femoral nerve for Pectineus muscle)
Identifiers
Latin	compartimentum femoris mediale
TA	A04.7.01.004
FMA	45160
Anatomical terminology []

The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle.

The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment.

The muscles in the compartment are:

The obturator externus muscle is sometimes considered part of this group, and sometimes excluded. (Spatially, it is in this location, but functionally, it is more similar to the other lateral rotator group muscles).

The pectineus is sometimes included in this group, and sometimes excluded. (It has the same function as the others in this group, but different innervation – namely, the femoral nerve.)