The following muscles are called hip adductors. Adductor longus and adductor brevis Adductor Magnus Gracilis 1. Adductor longus and adductor brevis -origin -anterior pubis -insertion- linea aspera on posterior femur Nerve supply- obturator(l3,4) Action- adduction of femur at the hip, assist flexion and medial rotation pf femur at the hip Palpation – adductor longs-prominent cord-like origin at media aspect of groin during active adduction of hip -adductor brevis-may attempt to palpate laterally to adductor longus origin on the pubis. Adductor longus forms the medial border of the femoral triangle. Adductor Magnus -origin- pubic ramus, ischial tuberosity, and ramus -insertion- linea aspera of posterior femur, adductor tubercle of medial femur -nerve supply- anterior -obturator nerve(l2,3,4) -posterior-sciatic nerve(l4,5,s1,2,3) Action- adduction of the femur at hip joint, assist medial rotation of femur at hip, anterior fibers assist flexion o