Adductor magnus at a glance
- What it is
- The largest adductor, with an adductor part and a hamstring part.
- Location
- Origin: inferior pubic ramus and ischial ramus (adductor part) and ischial tuberosity (hamstring part). Insertion: adductor part to the gluteal tuberosity, linea aspera and medial supracondylar line; hamstring part to the adductor tubercle of the femur.
- Function
- Adducts the thigh; the hamstring part also extends the thigh.
- Body system
- Muscular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22459 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Key facts
- Innervation: obturator nerve (L2–L4) for the adductor part; tibial part of the sciatic nerve (L4) for the hamstring part
- The adductor hiatus is the gap between its two insertions
Structures next to the adductor magnus
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Sartorius · muscular
- Femur · skeletal
- Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery · cardiovascular
- Gracilis · muscular
- Semimembranosus · muscular
- Vastus intermedius · muscular
- Vastus medialis · muscular
- Long head of biceps femoris · muscular
- Rectus femoris · muscular
- Semitendinosus · muscular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Adductor magnus (FMA22459). 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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