Gracilis

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Other Names Inner Thigh Hip Adductor Heads Gracilis Movement Hip Adduction Transverse Adduction Knee Flexion Attachments Origin Pubis Body Inferior Ramus Insertion Tibia (Superior) Medial surface Related Muscles Adductors Hamstrings Comments The biarticulate gracilis enters passive insufficiency through the completion of knee extension when the hips are more abducted or through the completion of hip abduction when the knees are more extended. The biarticulate gracilis enters active insufficiency through the completion of knee flexion when the hips are more adducted (hamstrings become more active) or through the completion of hip adduction when the knees are more flexed (other hip adductors become more active).