These adductors are assisted by the gracilis and the pectineus. The gracilis helps to flex the leg at the knee. The main adductors of the hip are the adductor magnus muscle, the adductor longus ...

Additionally, they determined that the average gracilis optimal fiber length is about half of what had been understood to be the case based on detailed anatomical studies of muscles from cadavers.

(KUTV) — The gracilis is a muscle that runs along the inner thigh and is responsible for hip adduction and assists with knee flexion. Jeffery Beck, exercise specialist from Intermountain Medical ...