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Adductor muscles of the hip
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| Adductor muscles of the hip | ||
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| The adductor brevis and nearby muscles | ||
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| Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor muscles visible at upper right.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #128 473 | |
| Origin: | pubis | |
| Insertion: | femur, tibia | |
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| 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 orginate 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.
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