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Adductor longus
Body of pubis below its crest.
-middle third of linea aspera.
-Obturator Nerve.
-Adducts and flexes thigh.
Adductor brevis
Body of inferior pubic ramus.
Pectineal, upper part of linea aspera.
-Obturator Nerve.
Adducts and flexes thigh.
Adductor magnus
Ischiopubic ramus;ichial tuberosity.
-Linea Aspera;medial supracondylar line.
-oburator Nerve.
-Adducts flexes and extends thigh.
Pectineus
-Pectineal Line of Pubis.
-Pectineal line of femur.
Femoral Nerve.
Adducts and flexes thigh.
Gracilis
Body & inferior pubic ramus.
-Medial surface of upper quarter of tibia.
-obturator Nerve.
Obturator externus
Margin of obturator foremen
-Intertrochanteric fossa of femur.
-Obturator Nerve.
-Rotates thigh laterally.