Pectineus muscle
| Pectineus | ||
|---|---|---|
| The pectineus and nearby muscles | ||
 | ||
| Structures passing behind the inguinal ligament. (Pectineus visible at bottom right.) | ||
| Latin | musculus pectineus | |
| Gray's | subject #128 472 | |
| Origin: | Pubis - superior ramus | |
| Insertion: | Lesser trochanter, linea aspera | |
| Artery: | Obturator artery | |
| Nerve: | Femoral nerve, sometimes obturator nerve | |
| Action: | Thigh - flexion, adduction, medial rotation | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12550120 | |
The pectineus muscle is a flat, quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh.
Action
It is one of the muscles primarily responsible for hip flexion. It also adducts and medially rotates the thigh.
Innervation
Innervation is by the femoral nerve (L2 and L3) and occasionally a branch of the obturator nerve.
Origin and insertion
It arises from the pectineal line of the pubis and to a slight extent from the surface of bone in front of it, between the iliopectineal eminence and tubercle of the pubis, and from the fascia covering the anterior surface of the muscle; the fibers pass downward, backward, and lateralward, to be inserted into a the pectineal line of the femur which leads from the lesser trochanter to the linea aspera.
Additional images
Right hip bone. External surface.
Structures surrounding right hip-joint.
Muscles of the iliac and anterior femoral regions.
Deep muscles of the medial femoral region.
The left femoral triangle.
The lumbar plexus and its branches.
External links
- -1301610416 at GPnotebook
- LUC pect
- SUNY Figs 12:02-05 - "Muscles of the anterior (extensor) compartment of the thigh."
- SUNY Figs 12:03-04 - "Deep muscles of the anterior thigh."
- Cross section at UV pelvis/pelvis-e12-15
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