'Illl Mi 5CLES 01 llil. ["HIGH. 



Them. upplied by the obtural When thi 



flexion ol i).' • im , and, wh 



I h( adductor brevis I road, rather thick muscle which is situated in 



the middle layer of the adducl hind the pectineus and addu< . but in fi the 



adductor tnagnus). It is longer than the pectin* iorter than the adductor 1 



usually completely concealed by thes I" aris - from the rior ran the 



pubis, nearer the obturator foramen than the adductor longu 



similar to those of the latter mus< le, but oblique, to the upper third of the inner lip of the 



linea aspera of the femur. 



lie function are lik 



The adductor magnus I md 30; the stror .dduct< 



It forms the deepest layer and is situated n steriorly, arising from the inferior pu mus 



and from the 1<> the tube; f the ischium. Its upper fib' inly 



downward, the middle are mure oblique, and the lower and inncrnv an air. 



vertical dii : the upper and middle fibers pass behind the addu< 



muscular <>r short tcndii ion into the upper two thi; ie inner 1 i j j of the li:. 



the lower, almost vertical libers, hov a round slender tendon which nil the 



<>f the lii. 1 ra and t<» the internal epicondyle of the femur. Al 



third of the thigh ll rtion contains an cl known as th> ictor 



>:■>: I A'hich has tendin indaries and j 



en the tendii : the \ medialis and the 



the adducl d magnus, there is a dee]' e whicl rial, 



the ;<//, by the sartorius. [1 contains tl .di- 



nous of mus re interwoven in this situat :lar 



ith. 



While th< the anterior surface of tin 



adductorl aid bn lies upon the flexor mus uently 



situated b nusclcs. Tin sciatic nerve li' 



adductor minimus I lar 



mus tiich fr ly app< In- simply the upper p< ith 



which it is alv rom the inferior pubic r nc- 



of the inl i of the pubis and ischium, its upper fil and 



running b .nd parallel to the quadratus fenv in the 



the addu( I >m behind | to be end oi the femui 



trochanter and beside the gluteal tul Its 1 >w< r fib rs run 1 bliquely down 



inserted, together with those of the adductor magnus, into the up] : the inner lip 



ot the linea aspera. The sciatic nerve lie- also upon the adductor minimus see page 2 : 



The adductor m • he sciatic nerve. 



Theii action is similar to that oi the other adduct 



The obturator externus - and 299) beloi . the adductor group only on account 



