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A 50-year-old man undergoes surgical ...
Adductor brevis ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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  • Adductor muscles and gracilis are innervated by the obturator nerve
  • External oblique is innervated by the iliohypogastric nerve
  • obturator internus is innervated by the obturator internus nerve (L5โ€“S2)
  • Piriformis is innervated by the sciatic nerve (L5-S3)
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"Innervates the muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh (obturator externus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus and gracilis)."

https://teachmeanatomy.info/lower-limb/nerves/obturator-nerve/

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almondbreeze  FA 2019 pg 444 +2



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Obturator means to close; it closes (ie adducts) the legs.

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