There are three adductor muscles in the legs, the |adductor longus|, the |adductor brevis|, and the adductor magnus. The three adductors work with the |pectineus| to move the thigh inward. They are powerful muscles that rotate the thigh outward and bring it across the opposite side, as when crossing your legs. The |adductor longus| is a long triangular muscle, originating with both fleshy |fibers| and a strong ~tendon~ from a small area on the front of the pubic bone of the |pelvis| and inserts in the |femur| (upper leg bone). The |adductor brevis| lies just behind the |adductor longus|. The adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle that forms a dividing wall between the muscles of the inner thigh and those on the back of the thigh. It is located on the inside of the thigh. This long muscle arises from a narrow point on the |pelvis| bone, passes between the masses of the hamstring and quadriceps groups and ends, at its wide apex, on the back of the |femur|. It is a powerful muscle that adducts the thigh. The small uppermost portion of the adductor magnus is called the |adductor minimus|.
