Adductor brevis at a glance
- What it is
- A short adductor in the medial thigh, lying behind pectineus and adductor longus.
- Location
- Origin: body and inferior ramus of the pubis. Insertion: pectineal line and upper part of the linea aspera of the femur.
- Function
- Adducts the thigh and assists in flexion.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22452 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: obturator nerve (L2–L4)
- Blood supply: profunda femoris and obturator arteries
Structures next to the adductor brevis
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Deep femoral vein · cardiovascular
- Pectineus · muscular
- Adductor longus · muscular
- Femoral artery · cardiovascular
- Femoral vein · cardiovascular
- Epididymis · reproductive
- Testis · reproductive
- Deferent duct · reproductive
- Corpus spongiosum of penis · reproductive
- Dorsal artery of penis · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Adductor brevis (FMA22452). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §11.2 Naming Skeletal Muscles. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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