The adductors are used to bring a part of the body closer to the body (adduction = leading, Latin adducere = leading, pulling). The adductors belong to the group of skeletal muscles.
Their antagonists are the abductors, which pull a part of the body away from the trunk. The adductors of the thigh are divided into three layers.
The superficial, middle and deep adductor groups.
All adductors are innervated by the obturator nerve, with the exception of the pectineus and adductor magnus muscles, which also receive fibers from the femoral nerve and the sciatic nerve.
In addition to the adductors of the thigh, there is also an adductor on the foot and one on the hand.
Adductors
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The superficial group of adductors on the thigh consists of:
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To middle adductor group only belongs to Adductor brevis muscle.
Like the gracilis muscle, this arises from the lower part of the pubic bone (Ramus inferior of the pubic bone) and continues on the middle part of the Linea aspera of the thigh bone at (Labium mediale of the linea aspera of the femur).
This also serves the Adduction and contributes a small part diffraction and External rotation in the hip joint.
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The deep adductor group is made up of the glarge (magnus) and small (minimus) adductor muscles together:
Of the Adductor hallucis muscle consists of two muscle heads that have a different origin.
The Caput transversum arises at the joint capsule of the 3rd to 5th metatarsophalangeal joint, the Caput obliquum arises at the cuboid (Os cuboideum), on the outer sphenoid bone (Os cuneiform laterale) and on 2-4. Metatarsal bones.
The common approach can be found at the base of the big toe.
This will make the Big toe adducted, so brought up to the second toe. This muscle is innervated by the Lateral plantar nerve.
Of the Adductor pollicis muscle has a similar structure to the adductor of the foot.
This muscle also consists of two muscle heads.
The Caput obliquum arises from the head leg (Os capitatum), the Caput transversum finds its origin in the 3rd metacarpal bone (Os metacarpal III).
Both heads attach to the medial side of the sesamoid bone.
This causes the muscle to Adduction of the thumb. Furthermore, he is for the Opposition movement in the D.saddle joint essential. The thumb is moved to the palm of the hand.