. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE MUSCLES ON THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE THIGH. 413 whole length of the linea aspera; (3) into the medial epicondylic line of the femur; (4) into the adductor tubercle on the medial condyle of the femur; and (5) into the medial intermuscular septum (Fig. 365, p. 410). The part of the muscle attached to the space proximal to the linea aspera is often separated from the rest as the adductor minimus. The attachment of the muscle to the epicondylic ridge is interrupted for the passage of the femoral vessels into the popliteal fossa. The attachment to the
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. THE MUSCLES ON THE MEDIAL SIDE OF THE THIGH. 413 whole length of the linea aspera; (3) into the medial epicondylic line of the femur; (4) into the adductor tubercle on the medial condyle of the femur; and (5) into the medial intermuscular septum (Fig. 365, p. 410). The part of the muscle attached to the space proximal to the linea aspera is often separated from the rest as the adductor minimus. The attachment of the muscle to the epicondylic ridge is interrupted for the passage of the femoral vessels into the popliteal fossa. The attachment to the medial condyle is by means of a strong tendon which receives the fibres arising from the ischium (the part of the muscle associated with the hamstring group). This tendon is closely connected with the tibial collateral ligament of the knee-joint. The muscle is covered anteriorly by the other adductors and by the sartorius muscle. The profunda femoris artery separates it from the adductor longus muscle Obturator nerve Psoas major Branch to hip-joint. Deep branch Superficial branch Descending muscular branches Pectineus Ascending branch to obturator extern us Medial circumflex artery Adductor longus Adductor brevis Cutaneous branch. Gluteus maxijius ic fascia Obturator ixternus Obturator externus Ischium Deep branch of medial circum- u!S5^ // flex artery of femur yvZ— Quadratus femoris S—S Superficial branch of medial circumflex artery Descending muscular branches Adductor magnus Branch to knee-joint Branch to femoral artery Fig. 367.—Scheme of the Course and Gracilis Distribution of the Right Obturator Nerve. while the femoral artery is in contact with the muscle as it pursues its course through the adductor canal. The posterior surface of the muscle is in relation with the hamstring muscles. Nerve-Supply.—The adductor magnus is a double muscle, and has a double nerve-supply. The medial part of the muscle extending between the tuber ischiadicum and the medial condyle of
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