Adductor muscle

Not to be confused with Abductor muscle.

A adductor muscle is any muscle that causes adduction. It may refer to:

Humans

Further information: List of adductors of the human body

• Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to
  • Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus
  • Adductor hallucis muscle, a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe
  • Adductor longus muscle, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh
  • Adductor magnus on the medial side of the thigh
  • Adductor minimus muscle, a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh
  • Adductor pollicis muscle, a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb

Other animals

• Adductor muscles (bivalve), a muscle in the interior of a bivalve mollusk which close the valves
• The large foot-to-shell muscle in gastropods such as the abalone and limpet