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Medial thigh muscles (names)

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  • Pectineus
  • Adductor longus
  • Adductor brevis
  • Adductor magnus
  • Gracilis
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Medial thigh muscle commonalities

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  • Most attach proximally to pubic bone and ischiopubic ramus
  • Most innervated by obturator nerve
  • Distal attachment is on the femur
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Medial thigh muscles functions

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  • Hip adduction

- Hip flexion

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Pectineus

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  • Anterior to obturator externus

- Can be grouped with anterior compartment muscles

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Pectineus origin

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  • Pectineal line of pubic bone (pectin pubis)
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Pectineus insertion

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  • Pectineal line of femur
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Pectineus innervation

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  • Femoral nerve or accessory obturator or both
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Pectineus bloody supply

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  • Obturator artery

- Medial femoral circumflex artery

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Pectineus function

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  • Flexion/adduction/medial rotation of thigh
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Adductor longus origin

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  • Pubic body (below pubic crest)
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Adductor longus insertion

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  • Middle 1/3 of medial lip of linea aspera
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Adductor longus innervation

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  • Obturator nerve (anterior branch)
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Adductor longus blood supply

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  • Obturator artery
  • Profunda femoris
  • Medial femoral circumflex artery
  • Femoral artery
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Adductor longus function

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  • Adduct/flex thigh (especially when extended)
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Most commonly strained adductor muscle, “pulled groin”

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  • Adductor longus
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Adductor brevis is a landmark for

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  • Anterior/posterior branches of obturator nerve
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Adductor brevis origin

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  • Inferior pubic ramus

- Pubic body

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Adductor brevis insertion

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  • Pectineal line of femur

- Superior aspect of medial lip of linea aspera

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Adductor brevis innervation

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  • Obturator nerve (anterior branch)
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Adductor brevis blood supply

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  • Obturator artery

- Medial femoral circumflex artery

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Adductor brevis function

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  • Adduct/flex the thigh (especially when extended)
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Adductor magnus fiber orientation

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  • Superior muscle fibers are oriented transversely (adductor minimis)
  • The middle fibers are oriented at an oblique angle
  • The inferior fibers are oriented vertically (hamstring part)
  • Hamstring part is palpable at medial knee
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Adductor magnus origin

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  • Inferior part of inferior pubic ramus
  • Ischial ramus
  • Ischial tuberosity
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Adductor magnus insertion

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  • Gluteal tuberosity
  • Linea aspera
  • Medial supracondylar line
  • Adductor tubercle
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Adductor magnus innervation

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  • Posterior branch of obturator nerve (adductor part)

- Tibial part of sciatic nerve (hamstring part)

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Adductor magnus blood supply

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  • Femoral a.
  • Medial femoral circumflex a.
  • Perforating arteries (profunda femoris)
  • Obturator a.
  • Popliteal a.
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Adductor magnus function

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  • Adduct thigh
  • Extend the thigh (hamstring part)
  • Can also flex thigh
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Adductor hiatus

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  • Opening between the hamstring portion and the femur

- Femoral vessles > popliteal vessels

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Gracilis muscle

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  • Most medial and superficial

- 2 joint muscle

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Gracilis origin

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  • Inferior pubic body
  • Inferior pubic ramus
  • Pubic symphysis (sometimes)
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Gracilis insertion

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  • Proximal aspect of medial tibia

- Part of pes anserinus

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Gracilis innervation

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  • Obturator nerve (anterior branch)
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Gracilis blood supply

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  • Obturator artery
  • Medial femoral circumflex artery
  • Profunda femoris
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Gracilis function

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  • Thigh adduction

- Flex and medial rotate leg

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Obturator artery

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  • Branch of the internal iliac

- Exits pelvis through obturator canal

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Obturator artery supplies

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  • Medial compartment
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Obturator artery anastomoses with

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  • Medial femoral circumflex artery

- Inferior gluteal arteries

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Obturator artery branches

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  • Anterior branch

- Posterior branch

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Anterior branch of obturator artery anastomoses with

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  • Posterior branch
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Posterior branch of obturator artery supplies

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  • Procimal aspect of hamstrings

- Acetabular artery

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Acetabular artery pathway

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  • Passes through acetabular notch
  • Deep to transverse acetabular ligament
  • Can also arise from MFC
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Acetabular artery gives off

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  • Artery of ligamentum teres femoris

- Major supplier of femoral head in the young child (less than 3)

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Obturator nerve (L2-4)

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  • Enters thigh by passing through the obturator canal

- 2 branches

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Branches of obturator nerve

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  • Anterior branch (anterior to adductor brevis)

- Posterior branch (posterior to adductor brevis)

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Anterior branch (anterior to adductor brevis) innervates

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  • Skin over medial thigh
  • Hip joint
  • Adductor longus
  • Gracilis
  • Adductor brevis
  • Contributes to subsartorial plexus
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Posterior branch (posterior to adductor brevis) innervates

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  • Can supply adductor brevis, less common
  • Obturator externus
  • Adductor magnus (adductor part)
  • Knee joint
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Patellar plexus innervation

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  • Cutaneous innervation around patella
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Subsartorial plexus innervation

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  • Located deep to sartorius
  • Around distal part of adductor longus
  • Cutaneous innervation medial thigh
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Obturator externus function

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  • Thigh adduction
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Nerves of patellar plexus

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  • Intermediate femoral cutaneous
  • Medial femoral cutaneous
  • Lateral femoral cutaneous
  • Saphenous nerve (infrapatellar branch)
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Nerves of the subsartorial plexus

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  • Anterior branch of obturator nerve
  • Medial femoral cutaneous nerve
  • Saphenous nerve

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