Medial Thigh

Question 1

Adductor longus:

Answer 1

O- body of pubis
I- Linea aspera
N- anterior division of obturator nerve
A- adduction, flexion and lateral rotation

Question 2

Adductor brevis

Answer 2

O- pubic arch
I- linea aspera
N- anterior division of obturator nerve
A- adduction , flexion and lateral rotation

Question 3

Adductor magnus

Answer 3

O- pubic arch (pubic part) and ischial tuberosity(hamstring part)
I- adductor tubercle (ischial part)
N- posterior division of obturator (pubic part) and sciatic nerve( ischial part)
A- adductor, flexion and lateral rotation

Question 4

Contents of adductor canal

Answer 4

1. Femoral artery and its descending genicular artery
2. Femoral vein
3. Saphenous nerve
4. Nerve to vastus medialis
5. Subsartorial plexus

Question 5

2 Structures that enter and leave the adductor canal

Answer 5

Femoral artery
Femoral vein

Question 6

2 structures that enter and don’t leave the adductor canal

Answer 6

Saphenous nerve
Nerve to vastus medialis

Question 7

2 structures formed within the canal

Answer 7

Descending genicular artery
Subsartorial plexus of nerves