Adductor longus (r, I), a muscle of the adductor group in the medial compartment of the thigh, is the most superficial of the three adductors; it is a triangular muscle, lying in the same plane as the pectineus.

Adductor longus  Muscle- Name Origin  Insertion Action Nerve & Blood supply
Origin: Front of the pubis, at the angle of junction of the crest with the symphysis

Insertion: Linea aspera, between the vastus medialis and the adductor magnus
Innervation: Obturator nerve (L03, LO4), and branch from sciatic 
Action: Adducts the thigh powerfully; rotates the thigh medially 
Blood supply: Deep femoral artery


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