• Source: List of adductors of the human body

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)
Subscapularis
Teres major
Pectoralis major
Triceps brachii (long head)
Latissimus dorsi
Coracobrachialis




= Hand and wrist

=
of hand at wrist
Flexor carpi ulnaris
Extensor carpi ulnaris
of fingers
Palmar interossei
of thumb
Adductor pollicis




Lower limb


of thigh at hip
medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip
Adductor longus
Adductor brevis
Adductor magnus
Pectineus
Gracilis




= Foot and toes

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




Other


eyeball
Superior rectus muscle
Inferior rectus muscle
Medial rectus muscle
jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction):
masseter
pterygoid muscles (lateral and medial)
temporalis
vocal folds
Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle




References






See also

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of adductors of the human body
• List of systems of the human body
• List of organs of the human body
• List of human cell types
• List of flexors of the human body
• List of skeletal muscles of the human body
• List of glands of the human body
• List of foramina of the human body
• List of nerves of the human body
• List of lymph nodes of the human body