Gracilis
The gracilis muscles are a pair of muscles located in each of the upper-legs of the human body.
Origin, Insertion and Actions of the Gracilis muscles:
| Points of Origin: | Lower margin of the pubis bone |
| Points of Insertion: | Upper medial tibial shaft (pes anserinus) |
| Actions: |
The gracilis muscles are labelled on our diagrams of human anterior muscles and also human posterior muscles.
More about Muscles:
The following are some popular pages in the section about the human muscular system:
- The structure of muscle tissue
- The structure of muscle cells
- Labelled diagrams of the muscles in different parts of the body including anterior muscles, posterior muscles and facial muscles
- Types of muscle contractions
- Movements at joints
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