<P> By its posterior surface with the adductor brevis and magnus, the anterior branches of the obturator artery, vein, and nerves, and near its insertion with the profunda artery and vein . </P> <P> By its outer border with the pectineus, and by the inner border with the gracilis . </P> <P> Its main actions is to adduct and laterally rotate the thigh; it can also produce some degree of flexion / anteversion . </P> <P> As part of the medial compartment of the thigh, the adductor longus is innervated by the anterior division (sometimes the posterior division) of the obturator nerve . The obturator nerve exits via the anterior rami of the spinal cord from L2, L3, and L4 . </P>

The adductor longus muscle of the thigh is named for its ability to