Adductor muscles of the hip

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Adductor muscles of the hip
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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 five muscles of the hip.

The adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus, pectineus, and gracilis make up the adductor group.

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

They are supplied by the obturator nerve.

External links

Image of motion at gla.ac.uk

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v • d • e List of muscles of lower limbs
ILIAC Region / ILIOPSOAS	psoas major/psoas minor - iliacus
BUTTOCKS	gluteals: (maximus, medius, minimus) - tensor fasciae latae lateral rotator group: piriformis - inferior gemellus - obturator internus - superior gemellus - quadratus femoris
THIGH	anterior compartment: sartorius - quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis) - articularis genu posterior compartment/hamstring: biceps femoris - semitendinosus - semimembranosus medial compartment: pectineus - obturator externus - gracilis - adductor (longus, brevis, magnus)
LEG	anterior compartment: tibialis anterior - extensor hallucis longus - extensor digitorum longus - peroneus tertius posterior compartment: superficial - calf/triceps surae (gastrocnemius, soleus) - plantaris posterior compartment: deep - tarsal tunnel (flexor hallucis longus, flexor digitorum longus, tibialis posterior) - popliteus lateral compartment: peroneus muscles (longus, brevis)
FOOT	dorsal - extensor hallucis brevis - extensor digitorum brevis plantar - 1st layer (abductor hallucis, flexor digitorum brevis, abductor digiti minimi) plantar - 2nd layer (quadratus plantae, lumbrical muscle) plantar - 3rd layer (flexor hallucis brevis, adductor hallucis, flexor digiti minimi brevis) plantar - 4th layer (dorsal interossei, plantar interossei)