Adductor brevis

Adductor brevis

  • Latin synonym: Musculus adductor brevis
  • Synonym: Adductor brevis muscle

Definition

Origin: Anterior surface of the inferior ramus and body of the pubis

Insertion: The lesser trochanter and linea aspera of the femur

Artery: Obturator artery

Nerve: Obturator nerve

Action: Adduction of hip

Description:
The Adductor brevis is situated immediately behind the two preceding muscles. It is somewhat triangular in form, and arises by a narrow origin from the outer surfaces of the superior and inferior rami of the pubis, between the Gracilis and Obturator externus. Its fibers, passing backward, lateralward, and downward, are inserted, by an aponeurosis, into the line leading from the lesser trochanter to the linea aspera and into the upper part of the linea aspera, immediately behind the Pectineus and upper part of the Adductor longus.

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

Comparative anatomy in animals

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