We're back with another Hip/Leg ADDUCTOR!
And its name is PECTINEUS and it lives on the front inner thigh - close the groin.
Pectineus is shorter than the other adductors.
The leg adductors all live close to the inner thigh/groin area so are often referred to as 'groin muscles'.
I remember hearing about 'torn/pulled groins' in hockey for example and remember being confused like WHAT is a groin muscle! and does it have anything to do with the penis (no, no it doesn't)
Live n' Learn!
Muscle Attachment(s):
Origin: Pectineal line of the pubis
And its name is PECTINEUS and it lives on the front inner thigh - close the groin.
Pectineus is shorter than the other adductors.
The leg adductors all live close to the inner thigh/groin area so are often referred to as 'groin muscles'.
I remember hearing about 'torn/pulled groins' in hockey for example and remember being confused like WHAT is a groin muscle! and does it have anything to do with the penis (no, no it doesn't)
Live n' Learn!
Muscle Attachment(s):
Origin: Pectineal line of the pubis
Insertion: Pectineal line of the femur
Muscle Action(s):
a) Adduction of the thigh @ the hip joint
b) Flexion
of the thigh at the hip joint
ADDUCTION is to bring the leg towards (and/or across) the mid-line of the body.
HIP FLEXION: knee towards chest
The OTHER Adductors are: Gracilis, Adductor Longus, Adductor Brevis, Adductor Magnus
