Adductor longus muscle

Adductor longus muscle
The adductor longus and nearby muscles
Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor longus at upper right.)
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
TA	A04.7.02.026
FMA	22441
Anatomical terms of muscle []

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.

The adductor longus arises from the superior ramus of the pubis.

It lies ventrally on the adductor magnus, and near the femur, the adductor brevis is interposed between these two muscles. Distally, the fibers of the adductor longus extend into the adductor canal.

It is inserted into the middle third of the medial lip of the linea aspera.

The adductor longus is in relation by its anterior surface with the pubic portion of the fascia lata, and near its insertion with the femoral artery and vein.

By its posterior surface with the adductor brevis and magnus, the anterior branches of the obturator artery, vein, and nerves, and near its insertion with the profunda artery and vein.

By its outer border with the pectineus, and by the inner border with the gracilis.