Adductor minimus
Thighs
Deep muscle — it lies under other muscles. X-ray makes the muscles over it see-through.
- Origin
- Inferior ramus of the pubis
- Insertion
- Gluteal tuberosity and upper linea aspera
- Action
- Adducts and laterally rotates the hip
- Nerve supply
- Obturator nerve (L2–L4)
The uppermost, nearly horizontal fibres of the adductor magnus, often described as a separate muscle. It sits at the top of the inner thigh, just below the quadratus femoris.