Anatomy | Lower limb muscles | Muscular System

Adductor longus muscle Anatomy, Origin, Insertion, Function, Exercise

ByDr. Bhavna Valand July 9, 2022August 25, 2022

Introduction The Adductor longus is one of the adductor muscles of the medial thigh. Together with adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis & obturator externus, it makes up the hip adductors. This large fan-shaped muscle is located most anteriorly of this group & covers the middle part of the adductor Magnus & the anterior part of…

Anatomy | Lower limb muscles | Muscular System

Adductor muscle

ByDr. Bhavna Valand July 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Introduction of Adductor muscle The muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh are together called the hip adductor muscle. There are 4 muscles in this group; adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, & gracillis. The hip adductor compartments’ function is to move the thigh & lower extremity closer to the body’s central axis. All…