List of adductors of the human body

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
  • Infraspinatus
  • 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
    • Adductor longus
    • Adductor brevis
    • Adductor magnus
    • Pectineus
    • Gracilis

Foot and toes

• of toes (S2-S3)[6]
  • 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

References

1. Shoulder Articulations
2. Wrist Articulations
3. Finger Articulations
4. Thumb Articulations
5. Hip Articulations
6. Foot Articulations

See also