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Adduction is a movement which brings a limb — arm
Arm

In anatomy, an arm is one of the upper limbs of an animal. The term arm can also be used for analogous structures, such as one of the paired upper limbs of a four-legged animal, or the cephalopod arm....
 or leg
Leg

Leg may refer to the following places in Poland:*A former name for the town of Elk *Leg, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Leg, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ...
 — closer to the sagittal plane of the body. It is opposed to abduction
Abduction (kinesiology)

Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a Limb away from the median plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction....
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This term is also used in reference to the operation of the muscle in anatomy or musculature.








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Adduction is a movement which brings a limb — arm
Arm

In anatomy, an arm is one of the upper limbs of an animal. The term arm can also be used for analogous structures, such as one of the paired upper limbs of a four-legged animal, or the cephalopod arm....
 or leg
Leg

Leg may refer to the following places in Poland:*A former name for the town of Elk *Leg, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Leg, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship ...
 — closer to the sagittal plane of the body. It is opposed to abduction
Abduction (kinesiology)

Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a Limb away from the median plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction....
.

This term is also used in reference to the operation of the muscle in anatomy or musculature.

Muscles of adduction


Upper limb

  • of arm
    Arm

    In anatomy, an arm is one of the upper limbs of an animal. The term arm can also be used for analogous structures, such as one of the paired upper limbs of a four-legged animal, or the cephalopod arm....
     at shoulder
    Shoulder

    In human anatomy, the shoulder joint comprises the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula. The shoulder refers to the group of structures in the region of the joint....
    • Subscapularis
    • Teres major
    • Pectoralis major
    • Infraspinatus
    • Triceps brachii (caput longum)
    • Latissimus dorsi
    • Coracobrachialis


  • of hand
    Hand

    The hands are the two intricate, prehensile, multi-fingered body parts normally located at the end of each arm of a human or other primate. They are the chief organs for physically manipulating the environment, using anywhere from the roughest motor skills to the finest , and since the fingertips contain some of the densest areas of nerve e...
     at wrist
    Wrist

    In human anatomy, the wrist is the flexible and narrower connection between the forearm and the hand. The wrist is essentially a double row of small short bones, called carpals, intertwined to form a malleable hinge....
    • Flexor carpi ulnaris
    • Extensor carpi ulnaris


  • of finger
    Finger

    A finger is a type of digit , an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates.Normally humans have five digits, termed phalanges, on each hand ....
    s
    • Palmar interossei


  • of thumb
    Thumb

    The thumb is the Human_anatomical_terms#Anatomical_directions-most finger of the hand. The English adjective for thumb is pollical....
    • Adductor pollicis


Lower limb

  • of thigh
    Thigh

    In human anatomy the thigh is the area between the pelvis and the knee. Anatomically, it is part of the Human leg.The single bone in the thigh is called the femur....
     at hip
    • medial compartment of thigh
      Medial compartment of thigh

      The medial fascial compartment of thigh contains the adductor muscles of the hip.The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment....
      /adductor muscles of the hip
      Adductor muscles of the hip

      In human anatomy, the adductor muscles of the hip is a group of muscles of the hip.The adductor brevis, adductor longus, adductor magnus make up the adductor group....
      • Adductor longus
      • Adductor brevis
      • Adductor magnus
      • Pectineus
      • Gracilis


  • of toes (S2-S3)
    • Adductor hallucis
    • Plantar interossei


Other

  • vocal folds
    Vocal folds

    The vocal folds, also known commonly as vocal cords, are composed of twin infoldings of mucous membrane stretched horizontally across the larynx....
    • Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle
      Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

      The lateral cricoarytenoid muscles extend from the lateral cricoid cartilage to the ipsilateral arytenoid cartilage. By rotating the arytenoid cartilages medially, these muscles adduct the vocal cords and thereby close the rima glottidis, protecting the airway....


  • eyeball
    • Superior rectus muscle
      Superior rectus muscle

      The superior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit . It is one of the extraocular muscles.It is innervation by the superior division of the oculomotor nerve ....
    • Inferior rectus muscle
      Inferior rectus muscle

      The inferior rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit ....
    • Medial rectus muscle
      Medial rectus muscle

      The medial rectus muscle is a muscle in the orbit .As with most of the muscles of the orbit, it is innervation by the inferior division of the oculomotor nerve ....


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