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)
• 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

References

See also