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Superior rectus muscle; Inferior rectus muscle; Medial rectus muscle; jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction): masseter; pterygoid muscles (lateral and medial) temporalis; vocal folds. Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
The adductor longus arises from the body of pubis inferior to pubic crest and lateral to pubic symphysis. [1] It lies ventrally on the adductor magnus, and near the femur, the adductor brevis is interposed between these two muscles. Distally, the fibers of the adductor longus extend into the adductor canal. [1]
Adductor brevis; Adductor longus; Adductor magnus; Adductor minimus This is often considered to be a part of adductor magnus. pectineus; gracilis; Obturator externus [1] is also part of the medial compartment of thigh; The adductors originate on the pubis and ischium bones and insert mainly on the medial posterior surface of the femur.
While your hip abductor muscles, for example, are located on the outside of your hips, your adductor muscles are located on the inside (think: inner thighs), he says.
A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful strain of the hip adductor muscles. [6] This type of injury is related to risk factors including overuse and previous injury. [7] [8] [9] An inguinal hernia is a hernia of the groin and can be either a direct hernia, or an indirect hernia according to its particular
Location The location of the muscle in a standard human body. The location first specifies a group such as head, neck, torso, upper limbs, or lower limbs, then may have more specific information. However this additional information must be describing location not function. Origin
These muscles are aided by the gluteus maximus and the inferior portion of the adductor magnus. Hip muscles also play a role in maintaining the standing posture. These muscles work in an integrated system with muscles of the shoulder, neck, core, lower leg, and supporting muscles of the spine, to provide the ability to stand with good posture. [1]
Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus; Adductor hallucis muscle, a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe; Adductor longus muscle, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh