Muscle | | Origin | Insertion | Artery | Nerve | Action | Antagonist |
adductor muscles of the hip | | pubis | femur, tibia | obturator artery | obturator nerve | adducts hip | gluteus medius, gluteus minimus |
gracilis | तनुपेशी | inferior pubic ramus[11] | tibia (pes anserinus) | | anterior branch of obturator nerve[11] | adducts hip, flexes hip, medially rotates knee[11] | |
pectineus | कंकताभिका | superior pubic ramus[11] | lesser trochanter, linea aspera | | femoral nerve and obturator nerve (medial compartment)[11] | flexes and adducts hip[11] | |
adductor brevis | लघु अभिवर्तनी | anterior surface of inferior pubic ramus[11] | lesser trochanter and linea aspera of femur | | anterior branch of obturator nerve[11] | adducts hip[11] | |
adductor longus | दीर्घाभिवर्तनी | pubic body just below pubic crest | middle third of linea aspera | | | adducts and medially rotates hip[11] | |
adductor magnus | बृहत् अभिवर्तनी | | femur, adductor tubercle of femur | | posterior branch of obturator nerve (adductor) and tibial part of sciatic nerve (vertical head)[11][12] | adducts hip[11] | |
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