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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
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Coracobrachialis

Hand and wrist

of hand at wrist^[2]
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Extensor carpi ulnaris
of fingers^[3]
- Palmar interossei
of thumb^[4]
- Adductor pollicis

Lower limb

of thigh at hip^[5]
- medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip

Foot and toes

of toes (S2-S3)^[6]
- Adductor hallucis
- Plantar interossei

Other

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

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