Medial Compartment of the Thigh

Question 1

What muscles are the adductors of the thigh?

Answer 1

• Adductor longus
• Adductor brevis
• Adductor magnus
• Gracilis
• Obturator externus

Question 2

What are the muscles that adduct the thigh innervated by? What is the exception?

Answer 2

• All obturator nerve (L2, L3, L4)
• EXCEPT hamstring part of adductor magnus (tibial nerve)

Note : adductors of the thigh = adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor magnus, gracilis, obturator externus