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Preferred Name

Adductor Magnus Muscle

Synonyms

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE

Adductor Magnus Muscle

Definitions

A muscle located in the medial compartment of the thigh that adducts, flexes, extends, and medially rotates the thigh at the hip joint. It originates on the ischiopubic ramus and ischial tuberosity, and inserts into the gluteal tuberosity of the femur, medial lip of the linea aspera, medial supracondylar ridge, and adductor tubercle. It is innervated by the obturator and tibial nerves and supplied by branches of the deep femoral and popliteal arteries, and the inferior gluteal and obturator arteries.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C163510

ALT_DEFINITION

A muscle in the thigh, in general extending from the ischiopubic ramus and ischial tuberosity to the gluteal tuberosity of the femur, medial lip of the linea aspera, medial supracondylar ridge, and adductor tubercle; primary function is to adduct, flex, extend, and medially rotate the thigh at the hip joint.

code

C163510

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C66830

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C74456

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A muscle located in the medial compartment of the thigh that adducts, flexes, extends, and medially rotates the thigh at the hip joint. It originates on the ischiopubic ramus and ischial tuberosity, and inserts into the gluteal tuberosity of the femur, medial lip of the linea aspera, medial supracondylar ridge, and adductor tubercle. It is innervated by the obturator and tibial nerves and supplied by branches of the deep femoral and popliteal arteries, and the inferior gluteal and obturator arteries.

FULL_SYN

ADDUCTOR MAGNUS MUSCLE

Adductor Magnus Muscle

label

Adductor Magnus Muscle

Preferred_Name

Adductor Magnus Muscle

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C163510

Semantic_Type

Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

UMLS_CUI

C0224438

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13056

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