Adductor muscle
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Humans
- Adductor muscles of the hipAdductor muscles of the hipIn human anatomy, the adductor muscles of the hip is a group of muscles of the thigh.-Muscles:The adductor group is made up of:*Adductor brevis*Adductor longus*Adductor magnus*Adductor minimus This is often considered to be a part of adductor magnus....
, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to- Adductor brevis muscleAdductor brevis muscleThe adductor brevis is a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus.-Origin and insertion:It is somewhat triangular in form, and arises by a narrow origin from the outer surfaces of the superior and inferior rami of the pubis, between the gracilis and...
, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus - Adductor hallucis muscleAdductor hallucis muscleThe Adductor hallucis arises by two heads—oblique and transverse and is responsible for adducting the big toe...
,a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe - Adductor longus muscleAdductor longus muscleIn the human body, the adductor longus is a skeletal muscle located in the thigh. One of the adductor muscles of the hip, its main function is to adduct the thigh and it is innervated by the obturator nerve...
, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh - Adductor magnus muscleAdductor magnus muscleThe adductor magnus is a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh.It consists of two parts. The portion which arises from the ischiopubic ramus is called the "adductor portion", and the portion arising from the tuberosity of the ischium is called the "hamstring portion"...
, a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh - Adductor minimus muscleAdductor minimus muscleIn human anatomy, the adductor minimus is a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh which constitutes the upper, lateral part of the adductor magnus muscle....
, a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh - Adductor pollicis muscleAdductor pollicis muscleIn human anatomy, the adductor pollicis muscle is a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb. It has two heads: transverse and oblique....
, a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb
- Adductor brevis muscle
Other animals
- Adductor muscle (Bivalvia), a muscle in the interior of a bivalve mollusk which close the valves
- The large foot-to-shell muscle in gastropods such as the abaloneAbaloneAbalone , from aulón, are small to very large-sized edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae and the genus Haliotis...
and limpetLimpetLimpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...