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Descriptor English: Gracilis Muscle
Descriptor Spanish: Músculo Grácil
Descriptor músculo recto interno
Entry term(s) músculo grácil
Scope note: Músculo fino y más superficial de la parte interna del muslo, que se origina en la rama del PUBIS, cerca de la SÍNFISIS PÚBICA y se inserta en la porción medial proximal de la TIBIA. Su función es la abducción del muslo, la flexión de la rodilla y la rotación de la pierna medialmente. Suele utilizarse como COLGAJO MIOCUTÁNEO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Músculo Grácil
Descriptor French: Muscle droit interne
Entry term(s): Gracilis Muscles
Muscle, Gracilis
Muscles, Gracilis
Tree number(s): A02.633.567.425
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000071976
Scope note: A slender and most superficial muscle in the inner THIGH which originates at the ramus of the PUBIC BONE near the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS and inserts at the proximal medial TIBIA. Its function is to abduct thigh, flex knee, and rotate leg medially. It is a common source of a MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
BS blood supply
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Muscle, Skeletal (1963-2016)
Thigh (1965-2016)
Public MeSH Note: 2017
History Note: 2017
DeCS ID: 56252
Unique ID: D000071976
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Date Established: 2017/01/01
Date of Entry: 2016/07/05
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Gracilis Muscle - Preferred
Concept UI M000616163
Scope note A slender and most superficial muscle in the inner THIGH which originates at the ramus of the PUBIC BONE near the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS and inserts at the proximal medial TIBIA. Its function is to abduct thigh, flex knee, and rotate leg medially. It is a common source of a MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP.
Preferred term Gracilis Muscle
Entry term(s) Gracilis Muscles
Muscle, Gracilis
Muscles, Gracilis



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