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What is a pectineus?

What is a pectineus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) A flat quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior part of the upper and medial aspect of the thigh, whose primary function is hip flexion.
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These branches supply the pectineus, the hip joint, and, by rejoining the obturator, the adductor muscles.
Accessory fasciculi may unite the pectineus with the obturator externus, the iliacus, the capsule of the hip, or the lesser trochanter.
Branches supply the stifle and the adductor and pectineus muscles.

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