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Adductor Magnus

The Adductor Magnus is a muscle located in the inside upper-thigh. This may be included on diagrams of both the human anterior and posterior muscles.

As an example, to test your knowledge look at the image opposite and decide which muscle you think the adductor longus is, then click on the image to check if you were correct, and for the labels of all the other muscles illustrated.
For a detailed illustration of its location see the pages about Anterior Muscles and/or Posterior Muscles in the Revision for Therapists Section of the IvyRose website.

Note that it should also be easy to work out the function of the Adductor Magnus because an "adductor" is any muscle that moves one part of the body towards another, or towards the mid-line of the body.
The adductor magnus, located in each leg, moves the leg towards the mid-line of the body.

 


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