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In humans

Human anatomy

Human anatomy, which, with physiology and biochemistry, is a complementary basic medical science is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the adult human body....
the thigh is the area between the pelvis

Pelvis

The pelvis or pelvic girdle is the irregular bone structure located at the base of the spine . In the adult human, it is formed by the sacrum and the coccyx, the caudal part of the axial skeleton, and a pair of hip bones, part of the appendicular skeleton or human leg....
and the knee

Knee

----The knee is the lower extremity joint connecting the femur, patella, and the tibia and the surrounding anatomical region which includes the popliteal fossa, also known as "knee pit"....
. Anatomically, it is part of the lower limb

Human leg

In common usage, the human leg is the lower limb of the human body, extending from the knee to the ankle, and excluding the thigh,The largest bone in the human body, the femur, is in the leg ....
.

The single bone

Bone

Bones are rigid organ that form part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They function to move, support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red blood cell and white blood cells and store minerals....
in the thigh is called the femur

Femur

The femur, or thigh bone, is the most proximal bone of the leg in vertebrates capable of walking or jumping, such as most land mammals, birds, many reptiles such as lizards, and amphibians such as frogs....
. This bone is very thick and strong (due to the high proportion of cortical bone

Cortical bone

Cortical bone, or compact bone, is one of two main types of osseous tissue. Cortical bone is dense and forms the surface of bones, contributing 80% of the weight of a human skeleton....
), and forms a ball and socket joint

Ball and socket joint

A ball and socket joint is a joint in which the distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center....
at the hip, and a condylar joint at the knee.

ross-section, the thigh is divided up into three fascial compartment

Fascial compartment

On the human body, the Limb s can be divided into segments, such as the arm and the forearm of the upper limb, and the thigh and the leg of the lower limb....
s. These compartments use the femur as an axis, and are separated by tough connective tissue

Connective tissue

Connective tissue is a form of fibrous biological tissue.It is one of the four types of tissue in traditional classifications .Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals, making up about 25% of the total protein content....
membranes (or septa

Septum

A septum is a partition separating two cavities or spaces. Examples include:*Nasal septum: the cartilage wall separating the nostrils of the human nose....
).

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In humans

Human anatomy

Pelvis

Knee

Human leg

Bone

Femur

Cortical bone

Ball and socket joint

Fascial compartments

In cross-section, the thigh is divided up into three fascial compartment

Fascial compartment

Connective tissue

Septum

A septum is a partition separating two cavities or spaces. Examples include:*Nasal septum: the cartilage wall separating the nostrils of the human nose....
). Each of these compartments has its own blood

Blood

Blood is a specialized bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's Cell s ? such as nutrients and oxygen ? and transports waste products away from those same cells....
and nerve

Nerve

A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of Peripheral nervous system axons . A nerve provides a common pathway for the electrochemical nerve impulses that are transmitted along each of the axons....
supply, and contains a different group of muscle

MUSCLE

MUSCLE is public domain, multiple sequence alignment software for protein and nucleotide sequences.MUSCLE is integrated into UGENE bioinformatics tool as a plugin....
s.

Medial fascial compartment of thigh
Posterior fascial compartment of thigh
Anterior fascial compartment of thigh

Blood vessels

The arterial supply is by the femoral artery

Femoral artery

The femoral artery is a large artery in the muscles of the thigh....
and the obturator system. The lymphatic drainage closely follows the arterial supply.

The deep venous system of the thigh consists of the femoral vein

Femoral vein

In the human body, the femoral vein is a blood vessel that accompanies the femoral artery artery in the femoral sheath. It begins at the adductor canal and is a continuation of the popliteal vein....
, the proximal part of the popliteal vein

Popliteal vein

The popliteal vein course runs alongside the popliteal artery but carries the blood from the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf back to the heart....
, and various smaller vessels; these are the site of proximal deep venous thrombosis. The venae perfortantes connect the deep and the superficial system, which consists of the saphenous vein

Saphenous vein

Saphenous vein may refer to:*Great saphenous vein*Small saphenous vein...
s (the site of varicose veins).

Thigh weakness

Thigh weakness can result in a positive Gowers' sign

Gowers' sign

Gowers' sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. The sign describes a patient that has to use his or her hands and arms to "walk" up his or her own body from a squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength....
on physical examination.

Thigh

Fascial compartments

Blood vessels

Thigh weakness

Muscles and Fascia of the Thigh