Adduction

Moving a limb toward the midline of the body.


The act of drawing toward a center or median line, abduction; adduct.


The movement of a part of the body towards the midline or towards a neigh-bouring part.


Moving of a part toward the body (esp. toward a line that would pass through the body’s center from head to foot); for example, returning an outstretched arm to the side of the trunk.


Movement of a limb or eye toward the median plane of the body or, in the case of digits, toward the axial line of a limb.


Adduction refers to the movement of a limb towards the midline of the body or the movement of a digit towards the axis of a limb. The muscles responsible for executing this movement are commonly referred to as adductors.


The motion directed toward the body’s central axis.


 


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