List of abductors of the human body

Abduction is an anatomical term of motion referring to a movement which draws a limb out to the side, away from the median sagittal plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction.

Part of a series of lists about
Human anatomy

Upper limb

Arm and shoulder

Hand and wrist

Lower limb

Other

References
  1. Shoulder Articulations
  2. shoulder/surface/ghsurface1 at the Dartmouth Medical School's Department of Anatomy
  3. Wrist Articulations
  4. Finger Articulations
  5. Thumb Articulations
  6. Hip Articulations
  7. Foot Articulations

See also
This article uses anatomical terminology. For an overview, see Anatomical terminology.
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