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
