Obturator externus: originates on the external bony margin
of the obturator foramen of the pelvis; inserts on the piriformis fossa of the femur
Not exact matches
WITHOUT LOOKING IT UP: For infants with cleft lip and palate, or cleft palate: Research indicates that
obturators have what sort
of effect on breastfeeding efficacy, breastfeeding effectiveness, and infant weight gain?
Below your 3 main glute muscles you have a series
of stabilizing muscles called the
obturators — also known as the «deep six.»
The doctor may also move the patient's legs to test for pain on flexion
of the hip (called the psoas sign), pain on internal rotation
of the hip (called
obturator sign), or pain on the right side when pressing on the left (calling Rovsing's sign).
It lies superficial to the gluteus minimus and the majority
of the gluteus medius, as well as the
obturators, piriformis, gemelli and quadratus femoris (i.e. the hip external rotators).
Dostal et al. (1986) reported that the adductor longus, adductor brevis, gracilis,
obturator externus, and pectineus displayed lengths
of 0.7 cm, 0.5 cm, -0.3 cm, -0.4 cm, and 1.0 cm respectively.
The
obturator externus and pectineus seem to be less important hip adductors, with muscle moment arm lengths
of just 2.4 cm and 3.2 cm, respectively (Dostal et al. 1986).
On the other hand, the gracilis and
obturator externus display much smaller, less substantial muscle moment arms
of -1.3 cm and -0.7 cm, respectively.
Co-managed with Section
of Plastic Surgery on facial fracture cases (IDW - MMF, fabrication
of palatal and lingual splints) and CLAP cases for fabrication
of palatal
obturators and feeding plates