What is Adduction?
{{for|the legal concept|adduction (law)}} [[Image:Human anatomy planes.jpg|thumb|right|Anatomical planes in a human]] '''Adduction''' is a form of movement in animal [[biology]] which brings a part of the [[anatomy]] closer to the sagittal plane of the body. The opposite of adduction is [[abduction]]. ==Muscles of adduction== ===Upper limb=== * of [[arm]] at [[shoulder]] (lowering arm)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Shoulder.html#anchor104396|title=Arm and shoulder articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[Subscapularis]] ** [[Teres major]] ** [[Pectoralis major]] ** [[Infraspinatus]] ** [[Triceps brachii]] (caput longum) ** [[Latissimus dorsi]] ** [[Coracobrachialis]] * of [[hand]] at [[wrist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Wrist.html#anchor262520|title=Wrist Articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[Flexor carpi ulnaris]] ** [[Extensor carpi ulnaris]] * of [[finger]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Fingers.html#anchor782163|title=Finger Articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[Palmar interossei]] * of [[thumb]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Thumb.html#anchor207366|title=Thumb Articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[Adductor pollicis]] ===Lower limb=== * of [[thigh]] at [[hip]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Hip.html#anchor846250|title=Hip Articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[medial compartment of thigh]]/[[adductor muscles of the hip]] *** [[Adductor longus]] *** [[Adductor brevis]] *** [[Adductor magnus]] *** [[Pectineus]] *** [[Gracilis muscle|Gracilis]] * of [[toes]] (S2-S3)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exrx.net/Articulations/Toes.html#anchor233122|title=Foot Articulations|access-date=2011-08-15}}</ref> ** [[Adductor hallucis]] ** [[Plantar interossei]] ===Other=== * [[vocal folds]] ** [[Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle]] * [[human eyeball|eyeball]] ** [[Superior rectus muscle]] ** [[Inferior rectus muscle]] ** [[Medial rectus muscle]] ==Adduct