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'''''Gracilis'''''
 
'''''Gracilis'''''
:Function - adductor of the limb, extends the stifle.
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: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.