Adductor muscles of the hip
- Adductor muscles of the hip
Infobox Muscle
Name = PAGENAME
Latin =
GraySubject = 128
GrayPage = 473
Caption = The adductor brevis and nearby muscles
Caption2 = Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor muscles visible at upper right.)
Origin = pubis
Insertion = femur, tibia
Blood =
Nerve = obturator nerve
Action = adduction of hip
Antagonist =
DorlandsPre =
DorlandsSuf =
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.)[cite web |url=http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/Adductors.html |title=Adductors (Hip) |accessdate=2007-12-23 |format= |work=] ]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.
References
External links
* [http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/fab/tutorial/anatomy/hipt.html Image of motion at gla.ac.uk]
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