Medial Thigh Flashcards
1
Q
Name all 5 muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh
A
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Gracilis
- Obturator externus
2
Q
What is the main function of these muscles?
A
Adduct the hip
3
Q
Where do adductor longus, brevis and magnus all originate?
A
Inferior pubic rami
4
Q
Where do adductor longus, brevis and magnus all insert?
A
Linea aspera
5
Q
Where does gracilis originate?
A
Inferior pubic rami
6
Q
Where does gracilis insert?
A
Tibia
7
Q
What nerve supplies these muscles and what is the exception?
A
All obturator nerve (L2, L3, L4)
Except the hamstring part of the adductor magnus - tibial nerve
