Which muscle adducts the hip and flexes it, with medial rotation?

• A. Adductor Longus
• B. Adductor Magnus
• C. Gluteus Medius
• D. Sartorius

Answer: (A)

The main idea is recognizing that some hip adductors also help with flexion and medial rotation. The adductor longus is the best match because it not only pulls the thigh toward the midline (adduction), but when the hip is flexed it also assists in flexing the thigh, and its line of pull enables medial rotation of the femur. The gluteus medius mainly abducts the hip and does not flex or medially rotate the thigh. The sartorius mainly flexes, abducts, and laterally rotates the hip (and flexes the knee), not primarily adducting. The adductor magnus can flex or extend depending on the portion, but the longus most directly fits the combination of adduction, flexion, and medial rotation described.