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)
- Subscapularis
- Teres major
- Pectoralis major
- Triceps brachii (long head)
- Latissimus dorsi
- Coracobrachialis
Hand and wrist
- of hand at wrist
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Extensor carpi ulnaris
- of fingers
- Palmar interossei
- of thumb
- Adductor pollicis
Lower limb
- of thigh at hip
- medial compartment of thigh/adductor muscles of the hip
- Adductor longus
- Adductor brevis
- Adductor magnus
- Pectineus
- Gracilis
Foot and toes
- of toes (S2-S3)
- Adductor hallucis
- Plantar interossei
Other
- eyeball
- Superior rectus muscle
- Inferior rectus muscle
- Medial rectus muscle
- jaw (muscles of mastication, the closing of the jaw is adduction):
- masseter
- pterygoid muscles (lateral and medial)
- temporalis
- vocal folds
- Lateral cricoarytenoid muscle