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adductor longus

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adductor lon·gus (lngs)
n.
A muscle with origin in the symphysis and crest of the pubis, with insertion to a ridge on the shaft of the femur, with nerve supply from the obturator nerve, and whose action adducts the thigh.
adductor longus,
the most superficial of the three adductor muscles of the thigh and one of five medial femoral muscles. It functions to adduct and flex the thigh. Compare adductor brevis, adductor magnus, gracilis, pectineus.


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Heterotopic ossification of the adductor longus muscle presenting as dyspareunia.
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The adductor group (adductor magnus, adductor longus, adductor brevis, pectineus, and gracilis) is located on the medial thigh and is responsible for adducting and medially rotating the thigh.
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Additionally, it must be remembered that the adductor magnus and adductor longus muscles assist in lateral rotation of the thigh, so basing the theoretical rationale for SLR exercises performed with the hip in lateral rotation on an anatomical link between the VMO and the adductor magnus muscle, as stated by the authors, seems to be unfounded.
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