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'''''Gracilis'''''
'''''Gracilis'''''
:Function - adductor of the limb, extends the stifle.
:Function - adductor of the limb, extends the hip.
:Origin - from an aponeurosis of the pelvic symphysis, the insertional tendons of the straight muscle of the abdomen. A tendinous plate is formed between the two aponeurosi of the gracilis' on which the adductor muscles originate.
:Origin - from an aponeurosis of the pelvic symphysis, the insertional tendons of the straight muscle of the abdomen. A tendinous plate is formed between the two aponeurosi of the gracilis' on which the adductor muscles originate.
:Insertion - An aponeurotic insertion with the crural fascia that attaches to the tibial crest.
:Insertion - An aponeurotic insertion with the crural fascia that attaches to the tibial crest.