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.
Any muscle that moves one part of the body towards another - or towards the midline of the body.
Any muscle which moves a part toward the median axis of the body.
ad-duc'tor (L ad=to; ducere=to lead) A muscle which draws a structure towards the medial line. The major muscles (usually two in number) of the bivalves, which are used to close the shell.
Typically, one of a pair of muscles that close the valves of a bivalved shell.
a muscle that draws a part toward the median line
a muscle that acts on a joint to bring a limb closer to the central axis
muscles which contract to close both parts of the shell
Muscles in the inner thigh used to pull your legs together.
(L. adducere, to bring forward). A muscle that draws a structure toward the axis of the body or one of its parts, e.g. adductor pollicis.
The muscle that open and closes a bivalve's shell Akoya