Adduction Totally Explained

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Adduction is a movement which brings a limb — arm or leg — closer to the sagittal plane of the body. It is opposed to abduction.
This term is also used in reference to the operation of the muscle in anatomy or musculature.

Muscles of adduction

Upper limb

of arm at shoulder
- Subscapularis
- Teres major
- Pectoralis major
- Infraspinatus
- Triceps brachii (caput longum)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Coracobrachialis

of hand at wrist

of fingers

Palmar interossei

of thumb

Adductor pollicis

Lower limb

of thigh at hip

medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip

of toes (S2-S3)

Other

vocal folds

Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle

eyeball

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