Muscles of the Medial Thigh Flashcards
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the adductor longus muscle?
obturator artery/nerve
ADducts and flexes thigh
Where does the adductor longus insert?
middle third of linea aspera
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the Adductor Brevis muscle?
obturator artery/nerve
ADducts and flexes thigh
Where does the adductor brevis insert?
pectineal line, upper part of linea aspera
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the Adductor Magnus muscle?
obturator artery
obturator and sciatic nerves (tibial part)
ADducts, flexes, and extends high
Where does the adductor magnus insert?
linea aspera, medial supra condylar line, adductor tubercle
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the Pectineus muscle?
obturator artery
obturator and femoral nerves
ADducts and flexes thigh
Where does the pectineus insert?
pectineal line of the femur
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the Gracilis muscle?
obturator artery/nerve
ADducts and flexes thigh, flexes and rotates leg medially
Where does the gracilis insert?
medial surface of upper quarter of tibia
What is the blood supply, innervation, and action of the Obturator Externus muscle?
obturator artery/nerve
rotates thigh laterally
Where does the obturator externus insert?
intertrochanteric fossa of femur
What forms the Femoral sheath?
it is a prolongation of the transversalis and iliac fasciae in the thigh
What is housed in the femoral sheath?
femoral artery/vein
femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve
femoral canal
Where is the Adductor Canal located?
it begins at the apex of the femoral triangle and ends at the adductor hiatus
Which muscles surround the adductor canal?
adductor magnus
adductor longus
vastus medialis
covered by Sartorius muscle and fascia
What is contained in the adductor canal?
femoral vessels
saphenous nerve
nerve to vastus medialis
descending genicular artery
The adductor hiatus forms an aperture for the insertion of which muscle tendon?
tendon of the adductor magnus
What passes through the adductor hiatus?
femoral vessels into the popliteal fossa
What is another name for the Saphenous Opening?
Fossa Ovalis
What is the Saphenous opening?
oval gap in the fascia lata below the inguinal ligament
What fascia covers the Saphenous opening?
cribriform fascia
What does the saphenous opening provide a pathway for?
the greater saphenous vein
