Adductor minimus
Adductor minimus
- Latin synonym: Musculus adductor minimus
- Synonym: Adductor minimus muscle
Definition
Description: The Adductor Minimus (adductor femoris minimus or adductor quartus) is a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh which constitutes the upper, lateral part of the adductor magnus muscle. The adductor minimus and the adductor magnus are frequently separated by a branch of the superior perforating branch of the profunda femoris artery, and that explains that and the Adductor Minimus muscle was considered independent from the adductor magnus. But now (according to TA2), The adductor minimus represents the superiormost fibers of adductor part of adductor magnus and not a distinct separate muscle.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
