adductor group

Examples of adductor group in the following topics:

• Muscles that Cause Movement at the Hip Joint

  • The four main groups of hip muscles are gluteal, adductor, iliopsoas, and lateral rotator, defined by the type of movement they mediate.
  • The five muscles of the adductor group are responsible for the adduction of the thigh, although several have additional functions.
  • Adductor Magnus - The adductor magnus is the largest and most posterior of the adductor group muscles.
  • Gracilis - The gracilis is the most superficial and medial of the adductor group muscles.
  • The deep-lying adductor group muscles originate from the pubis and attach to the length of the femur.

• Pulled Groin

  • A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles.
  • This is also known as the medial (adductor) compartment of the thigh.
  • A pulled groin muscle usually refers to a painful injury sustained by straining the hip adductor muscles.
  • These hip adductor muscles that make up the groin consist of the adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, gracilis, and pectineus .
  • This difference in innervation has caused some dispute whether or not the pectineus belongs to this groin and adduction group even though it still adducts the thigh.

• Ischium

  • Posteriorly the ramus forms a large swelling termed the tuberosity of the ischium, or ischial tuberosity, which supports weight whilst sitting and is the origin for the gemellus inferior and adductor magnus muscles.
  • It is the partial origin for the gracillis and adductor magnus muscles.

• Characteristics of Mammals

  • The adductor muscle that closes the jaw is composed of two muscles in mammals: the temporalis and the masseter.
  • Mammals also have a specialized group of cardiac fibers located in the walls of their right atrium called the sinoatrial node, or pacemaker, which determines the rate at which the heart beats.

• Femur (The Thigh)

  • Two key features of the shaft are the proximal gluteal tuberosity to which the gluteus maximus attaches and the distal adductor tubercle to which the adductor magnus attaches.

• Arteries of the Pelvis and Lower Limbs

  • The anterior trunk gives rise to numerous arteries which supply the organs of the pelvis and the gluteal and adductor muscles of the leg.

• Muscles that Cause Movement at the Foot

  • Adductor Hallucis - The adductor hallucis muscle is located laterally to the flexor hallucis brevis.
  • Attachments:  The adductor hallucis originates from the bases of the first four metatarsals, and also from the plantar ligaments before attaching to the big toe.

• Lumbar Plexus

  • These branches are separated by the adductor brevis and supply all thigh adductors with motor innervations.

• Arches of the Feet

  • The transverse arches are strengthened by the interosseous, plantar, and dorsal ligaments, by the short muscles of the first and fifth toes (especially the transverse head of the Adductor hallucis), and by the Peronæus longus, whose tendon stretches across between the piers of the arches.

• Lever Systems