Muscles / Hips
Adductor magnus
- Hips
- Thigh & knee
- Deep layer
Anatomy
- Origin
- Adductor part: inferior pubic ramus and ischial ramus; hamstring part: ischial tuberosity
- Insertion
- Adductor part: gluteal tuberosity, linea aspera and medial supracondylar line; hamstring part: adductor tubercle
- Nerve
- Adductor part: obturator nerve (posterior division); hamstring part: tibial division of the sciatic nerve (L2-L4)
Actions
- Adducts the hip
- Adductor part flexes the hip
- Hamstring part extends the hip
Exercises that train it most
Copenhagen adduction
Adductor squeeze (isometric)
Standing cable hip adduction
Side-lying inner thigh lift
Also trained by
Parts
Notes
- Dual innervation reflects its combined adductor and hamstring origin.
References (4)
- Standring S, ed. Elsevier. Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice. 42nd ed.
- Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Wolters Kluwer. Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 9th ed.
- Neumann DA. Elsevier. Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation. 3rd ed.
- Betts JG, Young KA, Wise JA, et al. OpenStax (free, openly licensed textbook). Anatomy and Physiology 2e