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20 Cards in this Set
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ADDUCTOR LONGUS: Origin |
From the pubis immediately below pubic crest |
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ADDUCTOR LONGUS: Insertion |
Linea aspera of the femur |
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ADDUCTOR LONGUS: Nerve supply |
Obturator nerve (L2,L3, and L4) anterior division |
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ADDUCTOR LONGUS: Action |
Adducts the thigh. It is also a lateral rotator and can flex the extended thigh |
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PECTINEUS: Origin |
From the pubis |
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PECTINEUS: Insertion |
Upper half of line running from the lesser trochanter to linea aspera of femur |
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PECTINEUS: Nerve supply |
Femoral nerve (occasionally the obturator) |
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PECTINEUS: Action |
Adducts the thigh. It also has a flexor action |
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ADDUCTOR MAGNUS: Origin |
Ischial tuberosity and inferior pubic ramus |
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ADDUCTOR MAGNUS: Insertion |
Femur; a line running from the greater trochanter, along linea aspera to the adductor tubercle of the femur |
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ADDUCTOR MAGNUS: Nerve supply |
Obturator nerve (posterior division) and sciatic nerve |
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ADDUCTOR MAGNUS: Action |
Adducts the thigh. The posterior part of the muscle extends the thigh. |
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GRACILIS: Origin |
Body and inferior ramus of pubis |
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GRACILIS: Insertion |
Upper part of the medial surface of the tibia |
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GRACILIS: Nerve supply |
Obturator nerve (anterior division) |
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GRACILIS: Action |
Adducts the thigh. Flexes the knee joint |
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ADDUCTOR BREVIS: Origin |
Pubis; outer surface of body and inferior ramus |
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ADDUCTOR BREVIS: Insertion |
Femur; line running from lesser trochanter to the linea aspera, and upper part of linea aspera |
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ADDUCTOR BREVIS: Nerve supply |
Obturator nerve |
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ADDUCTOR BREVIS: Action |
Adducts the thigh |
