Medial Thigh Muscle Attachments

Question 1

adductor longus

Answer 1

from pubic crest to medial lip of linea aspera

Question 2

adductor brevis

Answer 2

from inferior pubic ramus to distal 2/3 of pectineal line and medial lip of linea aspera

Question 3

adductor magnus

Answer 3

-hamstring part: from inferior pubic ramus, ischial ramus, and tuberosity to medial supracondylar ridge and adductor tubercle of femur
-adductor part: from inferior pubic ramus, ischial ramus, and tuberosity to gluteal tuberosity and linea aspera

Question 4

gracilis

Answer 4

from body of pubis and inferior pubic ramus to medial surface of the tibia, distal to condyle, proximal to insertion of semitendinosus, and lateral to insertion of sartorius

Question 5

obturator externus

Answer 5

from rami of the pubis and ischium; external surface obturator membrane to trochanteric fossa

Question 6

pectineus

Answer 6

from superior pubic ramus to the femur between lesser trochanter and linea aspera (pectineal line)