Adductor longus muscle
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The adductor longus muscle is a muscle in the medial compartment of the thigh that lies anterior to the adductor magnus muscle.
Summary
- origin: external surface of body of pubis (triangular depression inferior to pubic crest and lateral to pubic symphysis)
- insertion: linea aspera on middle one-third of shaft of femur
- action: adducts and medially rotates thigh at hip joint
- arterial supply: profunda femoris
- innervation: obturator nerve
-</xml><![endif]--></p><p>The <strong>adductor longus</strong> is a muscle in the <a href="/articles/medial-compartment-of-the-thigh">medial compartment of the thigh</a> that lies anterior to the <a href="/articles/adductor-magnus-muscle">adductor magnus.</a></p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>- +</xml><![endif]--></p><p>The <strong>adductor longus muscle</strong> is a muscle in the <a href="/articles/medial-compartment-of-the-thigh">medial compartment of the thigh</a> that lies anterior to the <a href="/articles/adductor-magnus-muscle">adductor magnus muscle.</a></p><h4>Summary</h4><ul>
-<strong>origin</strong>: external surface of body of <a href="/articles/pubis">pubis </a>(triangular depression inferior to pubic crest and lateral to <a title="Pubic symphysis" href="/articles/pubic-symphysis">pubic symphysis</a>)</li>- +<strong>origin</strong>: external surface of body of <a href="/articles/pubis">pubis </a>(triangular depression inferior to pubic crest and lateral to <a href="/articles/pubic-symphysis">pubic symphysis</a>)</li>
-<strong>insertion</strong>: <a title="Linea aspera" href="/articles/linea-aspera">linea aspera</a> on middle one-third of shaft of <a href="/articles/femur">femur</a>- +<strong>insertion</strong>: <a href="/articles/linea-aspera">linea aspera</a> on middle one-third of shaft of <a href="/articles/femur">femur</a>
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