Where the gender is appropriate, the form is "gracilis".
These include the crossed and uncrossed corticospinal tracts to the legs and fasciculus gracilis.
Analogue to the gracilis muscle, this muscle can be trimmed to the correct size and volume.
Gracilis muscle is widely used in reconstructive surgery, either as a pedicled flap or as a free microsurgical flap.
Its species name "gracilis" means slender, and refers to the plant's thin, graceful stems.
Its name gracilis, meaning slender, is misleading, as its trunk is especially bulbous.
The gracilis muscle is mostly used free neurovascular muscle, because it has a reliable anatomy and is relatively simple to harvest.
All the adductors except gracilis insert on the femur and act on the hip joint, and so functionally qualify as hip muscles.
