The adductor brevis muscle is one of the 6 muscles of the medial compartment of the thigh. The adductor brevis is a triangular shaped muscle which lies deep to the pectineus and adductor longus muscles.
The medial compartment of the thigh includes the following 6 muscles:
- Pectineus
- Gracilis
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Obturator externus
Origin
- Anteroinferior pubic ramus
Insertion
- Pectineal line
- Superomedial part of linea aspera
Action
- Adducts hip
- Laterally rotate hip
- Flexes hip
Innervation
- Obturator nerve: L2, L3, L4
Blood Supply
- Medial circumflex femoral artery
- Obturator artery