====== MEDIAL THIGH ======



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^ Muscle                       ^                  ^ Origin                                        ^ Insertion                                    ^ Artery            ^ Nerve                                                                                                    ^ Action                                              ^ Antagonist                       ^
| adductor muscles of the hip  |                  | pubis                                         | femur, tibia                                 | obturator artery  | obturator nerve                                                                                          | adducts hip                                         | gluteus medius, gluteus minimus  |
|      gracilis                | तनुपेशी          | inferior pubic ramus[11]                      | tibia (pes anserinus)                        |                   | anterior branch of obturator nerve[11]                                                                   | adducts hip, flexes hip, medially rotates knee[11]  |                                  |
|      pectineus               | कंकताभिका        | superior pubic ramus[11]                      | lesser trochanter, linea aspera              |                   | femoral nerve and obturator nerve (medial compartment)[11]                                               | flexes and adducts hip[11]                          |                                  |
|      adductor brevis         | लघु अभिवर्तनी    | anterior surface of inferior pubic ramus[11]  | lesser trochanter and linea aspera of femur  |                   | anterior branch of obturator nerve[11]                                                                   | adducts hip[11]                                     |                                  |
|      adductor longus         | दीर्घाभिवर्तनी   | pubic body just below pubic crest             | middle third of linea aspera                 |                   |                                                                                                          | adducts and medially rotates hip[11]                |                                  |
|      adductor magnus         | बृहत् अभिवर्तनी  |                                               | femur, adductor tubercle of femur            |                   | posterior branch of obturator nerve (adductor) and tibial part of sciatic nerve (vertical head)[11][12]  | adducts hip[11]                                     |                                  |


===== DISSECTION TUTORIALS =====


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**SEE ALSO **

  * [[en:adductor-canal|Adductor canal]]