LKnative - Femoral nerve and femoral triangle blocks

3 – The anatomy of the femoral nerve

The femoral nerve runs below the iliacus fascia and on top of the iliacus muscle

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The figure shows the femoral nerve in cross section in green underneath the iliacus fascia. The femoral nerve is on top of the iliacus muscle (yellow asterix). Red profile = femoral artery. Blue profile = femoral vein. Cyan asterix = psoas major muscle tendon. Green asterix = pectineus muscle.