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Obturator externus muscle
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| Obturator externus muscle | ||
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| The obturator externus and nearby muscles | ||
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| The Obturator externus. Anterior view | ||
| Latin | musculus obturatorius externus | |
| Gray's | subject #128 477 | |
| Origin: | obturator foramen and obturatory membrane | |
| Insertion: | medial aspect of greater trochanter of femur | |
| Artery: | obturator artery | |
| Nerve: | posterior branch of obturator nerve (third and fourth lumbar nerves) | |
| Action: | adduct thigh, rotate laterally thigh | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | m_22/12549920 | |
The obturator externus muscle is a muscle of the medial compartment of the thigh.
The obturator externus is a flat, triangular muscle, which covers the outer surface of the anterior wall of the pelvis.
It arises from the margin of bone immediately around the medial side of the obturator foramen, viz., from the rami of the pubis, and the inferior ramus of the ischium; it also arises from the medial two-thirds of the outer surface of the obturator membrane, and from the tendinous arch which completes the canal for the passage of the obturator vessels and nerves.
The fibers springing from the pubic arch extend on to the inner surface of the bone, where they obtain a narrow origin between the margin of the foramen and the attachment of the obturator membrane.
The fibers converge and pass backward, lateralward, and upward, and end in a tendon which runs across the back of the neck of the femur and lower part of the capsule of the hipjoint and is inserted into the trochanteric fossa of the femur.
The obturator vessels lie between the muscle and the obturator membrane; the anterior branch of the obturator nerve reaches the thigh by passing in front of the muscle, and the posterior branch by piercing it.
 Right hip bone. External surface. |
 Structures surrounding right hip-joint. |
 Deep muscles of the medial femoral region. |
- LUC obex
- -1355481008 at GPnotebook
- Cross section at UV pelvis/pelvis-e12-15
- Norman/Georgetown lljoints (hipjointanterior)
- PTCentral
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