Adductor muscles of the hip

Adductor muscles of the hip
The adductor brevis and nearby muscles
Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor muscles visible at upper right.)
Gray's	subject #128 473
Origin	pubis
Insertion	femur, tibia
Artery
Nerve	obturator nerve
Action	adduction of hip

In human anatomy, the adductor muscles of the hip is a group of muscles of the hip.

The adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus make up the adductor group. (The pectineus and gracilis have a similar action, and are also part of the medial compartment of thigh, but aren't usually considered part of the adductor group.)^[1]

The adductors all originate on the pubis and insert on the medial, posterior surface of the femur. (The gracilis inserts just below the medial condyle of the tibia.)

They are supplied by the obturator nerve.

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[edit] External links

• Image of motion at gla.ac.uk

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