pectineus


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pectineus

[pek′tin·ē·əs]
(anatomy)
A muscle arising from the pubis and inserted on the femur.
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On physical examination, it is difficult to palpate the hernia sac as it is usually concealed beneath the pectineus muscle.
Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Obturator Hernia Preoperatively Diagnosed by Ultrasound
6,7] Bowel herniating through the obturator foramen and lying between the pectineus and obturator muscles is a key finding on CT and determines the diagnosis.
Obturator hernia presenting as a partial small bowel obstruction with paralytic ileus: a case report
8] A branch to the pectineus muscle is given off as the femoral nerve enters the femoral triangle.
Study of anatomical variation and branching pattern of the femoral nerve in 25 cadavers
The pectineus muscle generates low forces easily counteracted by other thigh muscles, and the saphenous and medial cutaneous sensory nerves are unessential to standing.
Fascicular anatomy of human femoral nerve: Implications for neural prostheses using nerve cuff electrodes
The iliopsoas muscle works in tandem with iliacus, rectus femoris, pectineus, tensor fascia latae and sartorius (5).
Understanding iliopsoas: clinical implications for the massage therapist
A multiloculated hydatid cyst between the iliopsoas and pectineus muscle had been diagnosed using an ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
An unusual localization of cyst hydatidosis associated with cardiac hydatid disease/Hidatik kistin ahsilmadik lokalizasyonu ve kardiyak kist hidatikle beraberligi
pectineus, adductor longus, ni adductor magnus; los tres parecen estar fusionados en un aductor unico y grande que esta inserto en toda la extension del femur y por un tendon corto a la aponeurosis de la rodilla.
Dos nuevas especies de Phrynopus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) de los bosques nublados de Bolivia
The adductor group (adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, pectineus, and gracilis) is located on the medial thigh and is responsible for adducting and medially rotating the thigh.
SPEED IMPROVEMENT: ITS MACHINERY & MECHANICS
Exercises and the respective muscle groups examined were the leg press (quadriceps femoris and gluteus maximus), knee extension (quadriceps femoris), knee flexion (hamstrings), hip abduction (gluteus medius and minimus), and hip adduction (adductor magnus, longus, and brevis, pectineus, and gracilis).
Maximal muscle strength of elderly women is not influenced by oestrogen status
It innervates the sartorius, pectineus, and quadriceps.
Lower extremity nerve trauma
Rare inguinal swellings include preperitoneal lipoma, supernumerary pectineus bursa, haemorrhage into internal oblique muscle, round ligament angioma, pedunculated uterine fibromyoma, inguinal endometriosis and thrombophlebitis [5].
Dermoid cyst of inguinal canal masquerading as irreducible inguinal hernia: a case report with review of literature
Differential diagnoses of right adductor longus or pectineus strains were considered, and the athlete was referred for diagnostic ultrasound to identify the structures involved.
Management approaches to acute muscular strain and hematoma in National level soccer players: a report of two cases
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