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Adduction is a movement which brings a limb - arm or leg - closer to the body in the sagittal plane. It is opposed to abduction.

This term is also used when one speaks about the operation of the muscle in anatomy or musculature.

Muscles of adductionEdit

Upper limbEdit

• of arm at shoulder^[1]
  • Subscapularis
  • Teres major
  • Teres minor
  • Pectoralis major
  • Infraspinatus
  • Triceps brachii (caput longum)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Coracobrachialis

• of hand at wrist^[2]
  • Flexor carpi ulnaris
  • Extensor carpi ulnaris

• of fingers^[3]
  • Palmar interossei

• of thumb^[4]
  • Adductor pollicis

Lower limbEdit

• of thigh at hip^[5]
  • medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip
    • Adductor longus
    • Adductor brevis
    • Adductor magnus
    • Pectineus
    • Gracilis

• of toes (S2-S3)^[6]
  • Adductor hallucis
  • Plantar interossei

OtherEdit

• vocal folds
  • Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

• eyeball
  • Superior rectus muscle
  • Inferior rectus muscle
  • Medial rectus muscle

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Shoulder.html#anchor104396
2. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Wrist.html#anchor262520
3. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Fingers.html#anchor782163
4. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Thumb.html#anchor207366
5. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Hip.html#anchor846250
6. ↑ http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Toes.html#anchor233122

External linksEdit

• Dictionary at eMedicine Adduction

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