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