Adductor longus muscle
Skeletal muscle located in the thigh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the human body, the adductor longus is a skeletal muscle located in the thigh. One of the adductor muscles of the hip, its main function is to adduct the thigh and it is innervated by the obturator nerve. It forms the medial wall of the femoral triangle.
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Adductor longus muscle | |
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Details | |
Origin | Pubic body just below the pubic crest |
Insertion | Middle third of linea aspera |
Artery | Deep femoral artery |
Nerve | Anterior branch of obturator nerve |
Actions | Adduction of hip, flexion of hip joint |
Identifiers | |
Latin | musculus adductor longus |
TA98 | A04.7.02.026 |
TA2 | 2628 |
FMA | 22441 |
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