muscle: pectineus

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Muskeln Übersichtskarte Pectineus Obturator externus Adduktor magnus Adduktor brevis Adduktor longus Adduktor magnus Adduktor magnus Vastus medialis Qudratus lumborum Psoas minor Psoas_major Iliacus Tensor fasciae latae Pectineus Sartorius Rectus femoris Quadrizeps Vastus lateralis Ilocapsularis Articularis genus

M. pectineus

the short adductor muscle that attaches furthest cranially
Origin: lateral-ventral pubic bone, laterally next to the origin of the adductor longus muscle
Attachment: Linea pectinea, labium mediale of the inner upper femur
Innervation: Nervus obturatorius from plexus lumbalis from L2-L4; additionally nervus femoralis from Plexus lumbalis from L2-L4
Antagonists:
Movement: Flexion, exorotation and abduction of the thigh in the hip joint