MUSCLES-DEEP ADDUCTOR OF MEDIAL THIGH

SUMMARY

1. ADDUCTOR MAGNUS - formed by fusion of adductor and hamstring muscles (hence absence of a septum b/w the posterior and medial compartments of the thigh). Hamstring part arises from lower lateral surface of the ischeal tuberosity. The adductor part arises from the ischeopubic ramus. Fibers are inserted into the adductor tubercle + along the medial supracondylar line + linea aspera up to gluteal tuberosity. Supplied by the posterior division of the obturator nerve.

2. Medial circumflex femoral artery passes b/w the magnus + quadratus femoris to reach the cruciate anastamosis.

3. Near the top of the supracondylar line there is a gap for the femoral vessels (which change their name to popliteal as they pass through).

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.