1.2.5.4. Muscles of Hip Joint Adduction

Question 1

What movements can be carried out at the Hip Joint?

Answer 1

1. Flexion
2. Extension
3. Abduction
4. Adduction
5. Lateral Rotation
6. Medial Rotation
7. Circumduction

Question 2

What are the main Adductor Muscles of the Hip Joint?

Answer 2

1. Adductor Longus Muscle
2. Adductor Brevis Muscle
3. Adductor Magnus Muscle
4. Pectineus Muscle
5. Gracilis Muscle

Question 3

How is the Adductor Longus Muscle described?

Answer 3

A Large, Flat Muscle

Question 4

Where does the Adductor Longus Muscle originate from?

Answer 4

The Pubis

Question 5

What happens to the Adductor Longus Muscle as it travels?

Answer 5

It fans out

Question 6

Where does the Adductor Longus Muscle attach distally?

Answer 6

Broadly to the Linea Aspera of the Femur

Question 7

What does the Adductor Longus Muscle partially cover?

Answer 7

1. Adductor Brevis Muscle
2. Adductor Magnus Muscle

Question 8

What does the Adductor Longus Muscle form?

Answer 8

The Medial Border of the Femoral Triangle

Question 9

What is the function of the Adductor Longus Muscle?

Answer 9

1. Adduction of the Thigh
2. Medial Rotation of the Thigh

Question 10

What is the innervation of the Adductor Longus Muscle?

Answer 10

The Obturator Nerve (L2-L4)

Question 11

Where is the Adductor Brevis Muscle located?

Answer 11

It is a short muscle, lying underneath the Adductor Longus Muscle

Question 12

Where does the Adductor Brevis Muscle originate from?

Answer 12

1. Body of the Pubis
2. Inferior Pubic Rami

Question 13

Where does the Adductor Brevis Muscle attach distally?

Answer 13

Linea Aspera, on the Posterior Surface, of the Femur

Question 14

Where does the Adductor Brevis Muscle attach to the Linea Aspera, in relation to the Adductor Longus Muscle?

Answer 14

Proximally

Question 15

1. What does the Adductor Brevis Muscle lie between?
2. What is the significance of this?

Answer 15

1. a) Anterior Division of the Obturator Nerve
2. b) Posterior Division of the Obturator Nerve
3. It can be used as an Anatomical Landmark to identify the branches labelled above

Question 16

What is the innervation of the Adductor Brevis Muscle?

Answer 16

The Obturator Nerve (L2-L4)

Question 17

How is the Adductor Magnus Muscle described?

Answer 17

The largest Muscle in the Medial Compartment of the Thigh

Question 18

Where does the Adductor Magnus Muscle lie, in relation to the other Muscles of the Medial Compartment of the Thigh?

Answer 18

Posteriorly

Question 19

How many functional groups are there, of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 19

2

Question 20

What are the functional groups of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 20

1. Adductor part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle
2. Hamstring part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle

Question 21

Where does the Adductor part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle originate from?

Answer 21

1. Inferior Rami of the Pubis
2. Rami of the Ischium

Question 22

Where does the Adductor part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle attach distally?

Answer 22

Linea Aspera of the Femur

Question 23

Where does the Hamstring part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle originate from?

Answer 23

Ischial Tuberosity

Question 24

Where does the Hamstring part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle attach distally?

Answer 24

1. Adductor Tubercle of the Femur
2. Medial Supracondylar Line of the Femur

Question 25

What is the function of the Adductor part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 25

1. Adduction of the Thigh
2. Flexion of the Thigh

Question 26

What is the function of the Hamstring part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 26

1. Adduction of the Thigh
2. Extension of the Thigh

Question 27

What is the innervation of the Adductor part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 27

The Obturator Nerve (L2-L4)

Question 28

What is the innervation of the Hamstring part of the Adductor Magnus Muscle?

Answer 28

The Tibial Nerve (L4-S3)

Question 29

Where is the Pectineus Muscle located, and what does this form?

Answer 29

Base of the Femoral Triangle

Question 30

Where does the Pectineus Muscle originate from?

Answer 30

Pectineal Line of the Anterior Surface of the Pelvis

Question 31

Where does the Pectineus Muscle attach distally?

Answer 31

Pectineal Line of the Posterior Surface of the Femur, just inferior to the Lesser Trochanter

Question 32

What is significant about the innervation of the Pectineus Muscle?

Answer 32

It has dual innervation, so can be considered a transitional muscle between the Anterior and Medial Compartments of the Thigh

Question 33

What is the innervation of the Pectineus Muscle?

Answer 33

1. Femoral Nerve
2. It may also receive a branch from the Obturator Nerve

Question 34

Where is the Gracilis Muscle located, in relation to the other Muscles of the Medial Compartment of the Thigh?

Answer 34

1. It is the most Superficial
2. It is the most Medial

Question 35

Where does the Gracilis Muscle originate from?

Answer 35

1. Inferior Rami of the Pubis
2. Body of the Pubis

Question 36

Where does the Gracilis Muscle attach distally?

Answer 36

The Medial Surface of the Tibia

Question 37

What does the Tendon of the Gracilis Muscle attach between, on the Medial Surface of the Tibia?

Answer 37

1. Anteriorly - Tendon of the Sartorius Muscle
2. Posteriorly - Tendon of the Semitendinosus Muscle

Question 38

What Joints does the Gracilis Muscle cross?

Answer 38

1. The Hip Joint
2. The Knee Joint

Question 39

What is the function of the Gracilis Muscle?

Answer 39

1. Adduction of the Thigh at the Hip Joint
2. Flexion of the Leg at the Knee Joint

Question 40

What is the innervation of the Gracilis Muscle?

Answer 40

The Obturator Nerve (L2-L4)

Question 41

What is the Clinical Significance of the Gracilis Muscle?

Answer 41

It is sometimes transplanted into the Hand / Forearm to replace damaged Muscle