Neurovasculature of the hip and thigh

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The blood supply for the hip and thigh mainly arises from the internal iliac and femoral arteries. The internal iliac artery gives rise to the superior gluteal, inferior gluteal and obturator arteries. They mainly supply the gluteal region, but some of their branches also supply the thigh area. The femoral artery is a continuation of the external iliac artery after it enters the femoral triangle and is the main supplier of the structures of the thigh. The region is drained mainly by the femoral vein with its two main tributaries: the deep femoral and great saphenous veins. Both muscular and cutaneous innervation of the hip and thigh comes from the nerves of the lumbar (L1-L4) and sacral (L4-S4) plexuses.

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