Lateral intermuscular septum of thigh

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Lateral intermuscular septum of thigh
Cross-section through the middle of the thigh.
Latin	septum intermusculare femoris laterale
Dorlands/Elsevier	s_08/12730325

The lateral intermuscular septum of thigh is a fold of deep fascia in the thigh.

It is between the vastus lateralis and biceps femoris.^[1]

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• http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/topogr_lowerlimb.html
• http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/limbs/thigh_tables.html

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