Adductor muscle

The term adductor muscle refers to any muscle that causes adduction and may refer to

Humans

• Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to
  • Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus
  • Adductor hallucis muscle,a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe
  • Adductor longus muscle, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh
  • Adductor magnus muscle, a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh
  • Adductor minimus muscle, a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh
  • Adductor pollicis muscle, a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb

Other animals

• Adductor muscle (Bivalvia), a muscle in the interior of a bivalve mollusk which close the valves
• The large foot-to-shell muscle in gastropods such as the abalone and limpet