Adductor Longus
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Description[edit | edit source]
Adductor longus is one of the adductor muscles of the medial thigh.[1] Together with adductor brevis, adductor magnus, gracilis and obturator externus, it makes up the adductor compartement.[1] This large fan-shaped muscle is situated most anteriorly of this group and covers the middle part of adductor magnus and the anterior part of adductor brevis.
Origin[edit | edit source]
Strong tendon from anterior aspect of pubic body inferior to pubic crest.[1]
Insertion[edit | edit source]
Linea aspera on middle third of femur.[1]
Nerve[edit | edit source]
Anterior devision of obturator nerve (L2, L3, L4).[1]
Artery[edit | edit source]
Function[edit | edit source]
Adduction of femur.[1]
