Medial Thigh Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 5 muscles of the medial thigh?
A
Adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis and obturator externus
2
Q
What are the functions of the 3 adductor and gracilis muscles?
A
Hip Flexion, hip adduction and intern rotation
3
Q
What are the origins of the medial thigh muscles?
A
Superior pubic ramus -
adductor longus and obturator externus
Inferior pubic ramus -
adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis and obturator externus
4
Q
What is the common insertion of the 3 adductor muscles?
A
Linea aspera
5
Q
What is the insertion of the gracilis muscle?
A
Pes anserinus
6
Q
What is the insertion of the obturator externus?
A
Trochanteric fossa of femur
7
Q
What is the innervation of the medial thigh muscles?
A
Obturator nerve
