Preferred Label : adductor brevis;
Uberon definition : The adductor brevis is a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus
and adductor longus. It is somewhat triangular in form, and arises by a narrow origin
from the outer surfaces of the superior and inferior rami of the pubis, between the
gracilis and obturator externus. Its fibers, passing backward, lateralward, and downward,
are inserted, by an aponeurosis, into the line leading from the lesser trochanter
to the linea aspera and into the upper part of the linea aspera, immediately behind
the pectineus and upper part of the adductor longus.[WP].;
Uberon synonym : adductor brevis muscle; musculus adductos brevis;
Origin ID : 0000368;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Uberon cross reference
- has muscle insertion
- has muscle origin
The adductor brevis is a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus
and adductor longus. It is somewhat triangular in form, and arises by a narrow origin
from the outer surfaces of the superior and inferior rami of the pubis, between the
gracilis and obturator externus. Its fibers, passing backward, lateralward, and downward,
are inserted, by an aponeurosis, into the line leading from the lesser trochanter
to the linea aspera and into the upper part of the linea aspera, immediately behind
the pectineus and upper part of the adductor longus.[WP].
