List of adductors of the human body
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Adduction is an anatomical term of motion referring to a movement which brings a part of the anatomy closer to the middle sagittal plane of the body.
Upper limb
Arm and shoulder
- of arm at shoulder (lowering arm)[1]
- Subscapularis
- Teres major
- Pectoralis major
- Infraspinatus
- Triceps brachii (caput longum)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Coracobrachialis
Hand and wrist
Lower limb
- of thigh at hip[5]
- medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Pectineus
- Gracilis
- medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip
Foot and toes
- of toes (S2-S3)[6]
- Adductor hallucis
- Plantar interossei
Other
- jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction):
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See also
- This article uses anatomical terminology; for an overview, see anatomical terminology.
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