Muscle Name: Adductors (Inner Thigh)

Medical Name:

• Adductor Group

Other Names:

• Inner Thigh Muscles

Heads:

• Adductor Longus
• Adductor Brevis
• Adductor Magnus
• Adductor Minimus
• Pectineus
• Gracilis

Adductor Longus

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the hip
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Medial rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Body of the pubis inferior to the pubic crest
• Insertion:
  • Middle third of the linea aspera of the femur

Adductor Brevis

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the hip
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Medial rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Body and inferior ramus of the pubis
• Insertion:
  • Pectineal line and proximal part of the linea aspera of the femur

Adductor Magnus

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the hip (adductor part)
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Extension of the hip (hamstring part)
  • Moving the thigh backward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Adductor part: Inferior ramus of the pubis and ramus of the ischium
  • Hamstring part: Ischial tuberosity
• Insertion:
  • Adductor part: Gluteal tuberosity, linea aspera, and medial supracondylar line
  • Hamstring part: Adductor tubercle of the femur

Adductor Minimus

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Lateral rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh outward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Inferior ramus of the pubis
• Insertion:
  • Medial lip of the linea aspera of the femur

Pectineus

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the hip
  • Lifting the thigh upwards
• Medial rotation of the hip
  • Rotating the thigh inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Superior ramus of the pubis
• Insertion:
  • Pectineal line of the femur, just inferior to the lesser trochanter

Gracilis

Movement:

• Adduction of the hip
  • Bringing the thigh towards the midline
• Flexion of the knee
  • Bending the leg
• Medial rotation of the knee
  • Rotating the lower leg inward

Attachment:

• Origin:
  • Body and inferior ramus of the pubis
• Insertion:
  • Medial surface of the proximal tibia (part of the pes anserinus)

Related Muscles:

• Quadriceps
• Hamstrings
• Gluteus Maximus
• Iliopsoas
• Sartorius

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