It is inserted on the back of the femur at the medial lip of the linea aspera and thus crosses the proximal part of the true adductor magnus.

[2] The adductor minimus and the adductor magnus are frequently separated by a branch of the superior perforating branch of the profunda femoris artery and the former muscle is considered independent from the latter because it is primarily a separate entity.

[1] It shares innervation with the adductor magnus; the obturator nerve supplies the part attached to the linea aspera while the tibial nerve (L3-5), a branch of the sciatic nerve, supplies the part inserted onto adductor tubercle.

[2] In 33% of people, a supernumerary muscle is found between the adductor brevis and minimus.

When present, this muscle originates from the upper part of the inferior ramus of the pubis from where it runs downwards and laterally.