Muscles / Hips
Adductor minimus
- Hips
- Thigh & knee
- Deep layer
Part of Adductor magnus.
Anatomy
- Origin
- Inferior pubic ramus
- Insertion
- Gluteal tuberosity and proximal linea aspera
- Nerve
- Obturator nerve (posterior division) (L2-L4)
Actions
- Adducts the hip
Notes
- The most proximal, often separate, part of the adductor portion of adductor magnus.
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