medial compartment muscles

Question 1

What are the muscles of the medial compartment?

Answer 1

Pectineus
adductor muscles
Gracillis

Question 2

what are the adductor muscles?

Answer 2

longus

brevis magnus

Question 3

What is the origin of medial compartment muscles?

Answer 3

around the obturator foramen

Question 4

Where is the origin of pectinous?

Answer 4

pectineal line of pubis

Question 5

What is the origin of the Adductor longus?

Answer 5

publis lateral to symphysi

Question 6

What is the origin of the Adductor brevis?

Answer 6

inferior pubic ramus

Question 7

What is the origin of adductor magnus?

Answer 7

adductor part – ischiopubic ramus

hamstring part – ischial tuberosity

Question 8

what is the origin of gracillis?

Answer 8

ischiopublic ramus

Question 9

What is the insertion of pectinous?

Answer 9

line from lesser trochanter to linea aspera

Question 10

What is the insertion of the adductors

Answer 10

linea aspera, except:

Hamstring part of Adductor magnus – adductor tubercle

Question 11

What is the insertion of gracilis?

Answer 11

just distal to medial condyle of tibia

Question 12

Where does groin pulls commonly occur?

Answer 12

ADD longus

Question 13

What innervates the medial compartment muscles?

Answer 13

obturator nerve

Question 14

Why is the obtorater externus grouped with the adductors?

Answer 14

It is a lateral rotator but is enervated by the obturator nerve like all the other adductors

Question 15

Where does the adductor canal begin?

Answer 15

fascial canal that starts at apex of femoral triangle (inferiormost point),

Question 16

What is the path of the adductor canal?

Answer 16

runs behind sartorial and quadriceps, in front of adductors,
ends at adductor hiatus

Question 17

What is the origin and insertion of the obturator externus?

Answer 17

originates -from the external surface of the obturator membrane
inserts- into the trochanteric fossa.