Muscle Name: Pectineus

Medical Name:

• Pectineus

Other Names:

• None

Head:

• None (Single muscle)

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the hip
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Medial rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Superior ramus of the pubis
• Insertion:
  • Pectineal line of the femur, just inferior to the lesser trochanter

Related Muscles:

• Adductor Longus
• Adductor Brevis
• Adductor Magnus
• Iliopsoas
• Sartorius
• Rectus Femoris

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