EXTERNAL ROTATORS OF THE HIP-OBTURATOR EXTERNUS
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SUMMARY
1. O: bony margin of obturator foramen + obturator membrane.
2. I: passes laterally and posteriorly beneath the neck of the femur to be inserted into the trochanteric fossa.
3. NS: obturator nerve.
4. A: externally rotates + stabilizes hip.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 13 Apr. 2019].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
