Medial Thigh Muscles
The Hip Adductors! Know the 5 muscles. Gracilis (not shown): adducts thigh Obturator Externus: laterally rotates thigh Adductor Brevis: adducts thigh Adductor Longus: adducts thigh Adductor Magnus: adducts and flexes thigh, hamstring part extends thigh All Medial compartment thigh muscles are innervated by the obturator nerve, except the hamstring part of Adductor Magnus - this is done by Tibial Nerve. Obturator Nerve comes from the lumbar plexus L2-L4. Arterial supply is the obturator artery. Also shown are the various ligaments which we will go into further detail, get familiar! If you haven’t already, check out our ‘The arteries of the Stomach’ video. It’s a great review and it’ll be easy to draw along and learn the pathways. Be sure to check it out and subscribe to our channel on YouTube! (Link in bio) Instagram @rev.med