Gracilis muscle
gracilis muscle grac·i·lis muscle (grās’ə-lĭs)
n.
A muscle with origin in the ramus of the pubis, with insertion to the shaft of the tibia, with nerve supply from the obturator nerve, and whose action adducts the thigh, flexes the knee, and rotates the leg medially.
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