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)<ref>Shoulder Articulations</ref>
Hand and wrist
- of hand at wrist<ref>Wrist Articulations</ref>
- of fingers<ref>Finger Articulations</ref>
- of thumb<ref>Thumb Articulations</ref>
Lower limb
- of thigh at hip<ref>Hip Articulations</ref>
Foot and toes
- of toes (S2-S3)<ref>Foot Articulations</ref>
Other
- eyeball
- jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction):
- vocal folds