Gracilis

Looks like

A long thin strap muscle on the inner thigh, from the pubic bone to the inner upper shinbone.

What it does

Pulls the thigh inward and helps bend the knee.

Keeping it well

Its tendon is used in ligament reconstruction and its muscle in reconstructive surgery.

Related conditions

• Botulism
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Fibromyalgia
• Frailty & falls in older age
• Growing pains
• Heat exhaustion & heatstroke
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Malnutrition & refeeding syndrome
• Muscular dystrophy
• Polymyalgia rheumatica
• Restless legs syndrome
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Sarcoma
• Sarcopenia
• Tetanus
• Varicose veins