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What is the difference between adductor and abductor?

adductor | abductor |

Abductor is a antonym of adductor.

Abductor is a coordinate term of adductor.



In anatomy terms the difference between adductor and abductor

is that adductor is a muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose while abductor is a muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

adductor

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose.
  • * Verrill:
    • In the bivalve shells, the muscles which close the values of the shell are called adductor muscles.

    Usage notes

    * The alternative spelling adductores is sometimes used to refere to the plural of the muscles.

    Coordinate terms

    * abductor

    abductor

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who abducts; a kidnapper.
    • Antonyms
    * abductee

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi , which draws the eye outward.
    • Antonyms
    * abductee * adductor

    References

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