Adductor longus muscle
3042843
223061627
2008-07-02T11:45:41Z
Vedran12
7322109
interwiki hr
{{Infobox Muscle |
Name = {{PAGENAME}} |
Latin = |
GraySubject = 127 |
GrayPage = 472 |
Image = Anterior Hip Muscles 2.PNG |
Caption = The adductor longus and nearby muscles |
Image2 = Gray344.png |
Caption2 = Structures surrounding right hip-joint. (Adductor longus at upper right.) |
Origin = pubic body just below the pubic crest|
Insertion = middle third of [[linea aspera]]|
Blood = [[obturator artery]] |
Nerve = [[anterior branch of obturator nerve]] |
Action = adduction of thigh |
}}
The '''adductor longus muscle''' is a [[muscle]] of the [[human body]]. It is a part of the adductor group of the thigh, that as the name suggests [[Adduction|adducts]] the thigh.
It originates on the pubic body just below the pubic crest and inserts into the middle third of [[linea aspera]].
It is innervated by the [[obturator nerve]], specifically branches of the anterior rami of [[spinal nerves]] L2, L3, and L4.
The adductor longus muscle forms the medial wall of the [[femoral triangle]].
==Additional images==
<gallery>
Image:Gray235.png|Right hip bone. External surface.
Image:Gray430.png|Muscles of the iliac and anterior femoral regions.
Image:Gray432 color.png|Cross-section through the middle of the thigh.
Image:Gray433.png|Deep muscles of the medial femoral region.
Image:Gray549.png|The left femoral triangle.
Image:Gray550.png|The femoral artery.
Image:Gray823.png|The lumbar plexus and its branches.
</gallery>
==External links==
* {{MuscleLoyola|adlg}}
* {{ViennaCrossSection|pembody/body18b}}
* {{ViennaCrossSection|pelvis/pelvis-e12-15}}
* [http://www.ptcentral.com/muscles/musclelegs.html#adductor%20longus PTCentral]
{{Muscles_of_lower_limb}}
[[Category:Thigh muscles]]
{{muscle-stub}}
[[de:Musculus adductor longus]]
[[es:Aductor mediano del muslo]]
[[fr:Muscle long adducteur]]
[[hr:Dugački mišić primicač]]
[[la:Musculus adductor longus]]
[[ja:長内転筋]]
[[sl:Dolga pritezalka]]