Muscles / Hips
Obturator externus
- Hips
- Hip & gluteal
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Margins of the obturator foramen and external surface of the obturator membrane
- Insertion
- Trochanteric fossa of the femur
- Nerve
- Obturator nerve (L3-L4)
Actions
- Laterally rotates the hip
- Steadies the femoral head
Exercises that train it most
Also trained by
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e