Muscles of the thigh (Medial Compartment)

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Adductor Longus
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Body of pubis
middle 3rd of linea aspera
Adducts thigh
Obturator nerve L3

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Adductor Brevis
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Body and inf ramus of pubis
Proximal linea aspera
Adducts thigh, some extension
Obturator nerve L3, 4

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Adductor Magnus
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Inf ramus of pubis and ramus of ischium
Gluteal tuberosity, linea aspera
Adducts and flexes thigh
Obturator nerve L3, 4

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Gracilis
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Body and inf ramus of pubis
Sup part of medial tibia
Adducts thigh, rotates thigh medially
Obturator nerve

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Obturator Externus
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Obturator formen and membrane
Trochanteric fossa
Laterally rotates thigh
Obturator nerve

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Pectineus
Origin:
Insertion:
Action:
Nerve:

Sup ramus of pubis
Pectineal line
Adducts and flexes thigh
Femoral nerve