adductor magnus muscle


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ad·duc·tor mag·nus mus·cle

(ă-dŭk'tŏr mag'nŭs mŭs'ĕl)
Origin, ischial tuberosity and ischiopubic ramus; insertion, linea aspera and adductor tubercle of femur; action, adducts and extends thigh; nerve supply, obturator and sciatic.
Synonym(s): musculus adductor magnus [TA] , great adductor muscle.

adductor magnus muscle

Hip and thigh muscle. Origin: inferior ramus of pubis, ramus of ischium, ischial tuberosity. Insertion: linea aspera and adductor tubercle of femur. Nerve: obturator and sciatic (L2-L4). Action: adducts, flexes, and rotates thigh medially.
See: leg for illus. (Muscles of the leg)
See also: muscle
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1 = Pectineus muscle, 2 = PMB belongs to femoral nerve, 3 = Gracilis muscle, 4 = GMB, 5 = Adductor longus muscle, 6 = ALMB, 7 = Adductor brevis muscle, 8 = ABMB, 9 = Adductor magnus muscle, 10 = AMMB.
The body surface landmarks A = Greater trochanter of femur; B = lateral femoral epicondyle; C = pubic tubercle; P1~P5 are the projection points of NEPs of pectineus, gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis and adductor magnus muscle, respectively.
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The posterior obturator nerve branch travels in the fascia between the adductor brevis and adductor magnus muscles (Figure 1(a)).
Subsequently, local anesthetic is injected in the fascia between the adductor brevis and adductor magnus muscles to block the posterior branch of the obturator nerve [30, 38].
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Then it passes anterior to the adductor magnus muscle, dividing into branches to adductor magnus and occasionally the adductor brevis.
The fascia from the obturator externus and adductor magnus muscles was removed without damaging the branches of the obturator nerve.
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