ADDUCTOR BEE VIS 



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2. ADDUCTOR BREVIS 



The adductor brevis — named from its action and its size as compared with the 

 preceding muscle — is a thick quadrilateral sheet. 



Fig. 289.— The Deep Muscles of the Front of the Thigh. 



Cbturator externus 



Adductor longus 



Adductor maguus 



Adductor longus 



Vastus internuF 



Rectus femoris 



Ligameutum patellae 



Rectus tendon 



Gluteus mediUB 



'^\nS\unj Gluteus minimus 



Adductor brevis 



Vastus externuB 



Biceps 



Ilio-tibial band 



some- 



Origin.— The body and the descendintr ramus of theos pubis, below, and s 

 Avhat external to, the origin of the adductor longus. 



Insertion. — The inner lip of the linea asperii in its upper half, extendiuff from 

 just below the lesser trochanter to aliout the middle of the back of the femur. 



Structure. — Arising by short tendinous fibres, tlie muscle diverges into a fan- 



