Adductor brevis
Thighs
Deep muscle — it lies under other muscles. X-ray makes the muscles over it see-through.
- Origin
- Body and inferior ramus of the pubis
- Insertion
- Pectineal line and upper linea aspera
- Action
- Adducts the hip and assists flexion
- Nerve supply
- Obturator nerve (L2–L4)
A short adductor lying behind the adductor longus and pectineus. It works with them to pull the thigh inward.