Adductor longus at a glance
- What it is
- The most anterior adductor muscle; its medial edge forms the medial border of the femoral triangle.
- Location
- Origin: body of the pubis below the pubic crest. Insertion: middle third of the linea aspera of the femur.
- Function
- Adducts the thigh and assists in flexion and medial rotation.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22456 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: obturator nerve (L2–L4)
- Blood supply: profunda femoris artery
Clinical relevance
A common site of groin strains in sports.
Structures next to the adductor longus
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Femoral artery · cardiovascular
- Femoral vein · cardiovascular
- Deep femoral vein · cardiovascular
- Adductor brevis · muscular
- Sartorius · muscular
- Femur · skeletal
- Testis · reproductive
- Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery · cardiovascular
- Epididymis · reproductive
- Rectus femoris · muscular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Adductor longus (FMA22456). 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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