Medial compartment of the thigh

The medial (adductor) compartment of the thigh is one of the three compartments in the thigh. Muscles within this compartment form the adductor group as they primarily produce hip adduction.

The thigh is separated into anterior, posterior and medial (adductor) compartments by intermuscular septa and surrounded by the fascia lata.

Muscles

• obturator externus
• gracilis
• adductor magnus
• adductor longus
• adductor brevis

Arterial supply

• branches of the obturator artery, common femoral artery, profunda femoris artery and superficial femoral artery.

Innervation

• obturator nerve except the hamstring part of the adductor magnus which is innervated by the tibial nerve