ANTERIOR THIGH

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Muscle		Origin	Insertion	Artery	Nerve	Action	Antagonist
articularis genus		femur	suprapatellar bursa	femoral artery	femoral nerve	pulls suprapatellar bursa during extension of knee
sartorius	दीर्घतमा	superior to anterior superior iliac spine	medial side of upper tibia in pes anserinus			flexes, laterally rotates, and abducts thigh, flexes and medially rotates leg
quadriceps femoris	ऊरु चतुःशिरस्का	combined rectus femoris and vastus muscles	patella and tibial tuberosity via patellar tendon			extends knee, flexes hip (rectus femoris only)	hamstring
rectus femoris	समऔर्विका	anterior inferior iliac spine and exterior surface of bony ridge which forms iliac portion of acetabulum				knee extension; hip flexion
vastus lateralis	पार्श्व बृहदिका	greater trochanter, intertrochanteric line, and linea aspera of femur				extends knee
vastus intermedius	मध्य बृहदिका	anterior surface of femur
vastus medialis	अभिमध्य बृहदिका	anteromedial surface of femur