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  2. Adductor muscles of the hip - Wikipedia

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    The pectineus is the only adductor muscle that is innervated by the femoral nerve. The other adductor muscles are innervated by the obturator nerve [1] with the exception of a small part of the adductor magnus which is innervated by the tibial nerve. [4]

  3. Medial compartment of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The medial compartment of thigh is one of the fascial compartments of the thigh and contains the hip adductor muscles and the gracilis muscle. The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment. The obturator artery is the blood supply to the medial thigh. The muscles in the compartment are: gracilis; adductor longus; adductor ...

  4. List of adductors of the human body - Wikipedia

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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

  5. Fascial compartments of thigh - Wikipedia

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    The fascial compartments of thigh are the three fascial compartments that divide and contain the thigh muscles. The fascia lata is the strong and deep fascia of the thigh that surrounds the thigh muscles and forms the outer limits of the compartments. Internally the muscle compartments are divided by the lateral and medial intermuscular septa.

  6. List of skeletal muscles of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Lower limb, Thigh/Hip, Medial compartment (adductor muscles) superior pubic ramus [12] lesser trochanter, linea aspera: obturator artery: femoral nerve and obturator nerve (medial compartment) [12] adducts and flexes hip [12] gluteus medius, gluteus minimus: 2 1 adductor brevis: Lower limb, Thigh/Hip, Medial compartment (adductor muscles)

  7. Adductor magnus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh.. It consists of two parts. The portion which arises from the ischiopubic ramus (a small part of the inferior ramus of the pubis, and the inferior ramus of the ischium) is called the pubofemoral portion, adductor portion, or adductor minimus, and the portion arising from the tuberosity of the ischium is ...

  8. Adductor muscle - Wikipedia

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    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

  9. Pectineus muscle - Wikipedia

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    The pectineus muscle is the most anterior adductor of the hip. The muscle's primary action is hip flexion; it also produces adduction and external rotation of the hip. It can be classified in the medial compartment of thigh [2] (when the function is emphasized) or the anterior compartment of thigh (when the nerve is emphasized). [3]

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