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.