Medial thigh

Question 1

Muscles of the medial thigh

Answer 1

Adductor brevis
Adductor longus
Adductor magnus
Gracilis
Obturator externus (sometimes)

Question 2

main supply of medial thigh muscles

Answer 2

obturator nerve

Question 3

2 parts of adductor magnus

Answer 3

adductor - inserts on linea aspera

hamstring - inserts on adductor tubercle

Question 4

Adductor part of adductor magnus

Answer 4

Origin: Inferior rami of pubis and rami of ischium

Inserts: Linea aspera (femur)

Action: adduct and flexes thigh

Innervation: Obturator nerve

Question 5

Hamstring part of adductor magnus

Answer 5

Origin: Ischial tuberosity

Insertion: Adductor tubercle (and medial supracondylar line of femur)

Action: Adduct and extend thigh

Innervation: Tibial part of sciatic nerve

Question 6

Adductor longus

Answer 6

Origin: Pubis

Attach: Broad linea aspera

Actions: Adduction of thigh

Innervation: Obturator nerve

Question 7

Adductor brevis

Answer 7

Lies between anterior and posterior parts of obturator nerve, under adductor longus

Origin: Pubis body and inferior pubic rami

Insertion: Linea aspera (posterior, proximal to adductor longus)

Actions: Adduction of thigh

Innervation: Obturator nerve

Question 8

Obturator externus

Answer 8

Most superior

Origin: Obturator foramen

Insertion: Greater trochanter (posterior)

Actions: adduction and lateral rotation of thigh

Innervation: Obturator nerve

Question 9

Gracilis

Answer 9

Superficial and medial

Origin: Inferior rami and body of pubis

Insert: Medial tibia (between sartorious and semitendonosous)

Actions: adduction of thigh at hip, flexion of leg at knee

Inneration: Obturator nerve