Adductor brevis

Adductor brevis muscle
The adductor brevis and nearby muscles
Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor brevis at upper right.)
Details
Origin	anterior surface of the inferior ramus and body of the pubis
Insertion	the lesser trochanter and linea aspera of the femur
Artery	deep femoral artery
Nerve	obturator nerve
Actions	adduction of hip
Identifiers
Latin	Musculus adductor brevis
TA	A04.7.02.027
FMA	22442
Anatomical terms of muscle []

The adductor brevis is a muscle in the thigh situated immediately deep to the pectineus and adductor longus. It belongs to the adductor muscle group. The main function of the adductor brevis is to pull the thigh medially. The adductor brevis and the rest of the adductor muscle group is also used to stabilize left to right movements of the trunk, when standing on both feet, or to balance when standing on a moving surface. The adductor muscle group is used pressing the thighs together to ride a horse, and kicking with the inside of the foot in soccer or swimming. Last, they contribute to flexion of the thigh when running or against resistance (squats, jumping, etc.).

It is somewhat triangular in form, and arises by a narrow origin from the outer surfaces of the superior and inferior rami of the pubis, between the gracilis and obturator externus.

Its fibers, passing backward, lateralward, and downward, are inserted, by an aponeurosis, into the line leading from the lesser trochanter to the linea aspera and into the upper part of the linea aspera, immediately behind the pectineus and upper part of the adductor longus.

By its anterior surface, the adductor brevis is in relation with the pectineus, adductor longus, and anterior branches of the obturator artery, the obturator vein, and the obturator nerve.