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adductor muscle
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A muscle capable of adduction. Adduction is a movement which brings a part of the anatomy closer to the middle sagittal plane of the body. It is opposed to abduction. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adduction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adductor_muscle ]
Term info
Label
adductor muscle
Subsets
functional_classification
axiom lost from external ontology
relationship loss: subclass cranial muscle (TAO:0001953)[TAO]
external definition
A muscle that brings a body part closer to the sagittal plane of the body.[TAO]
external ontology notes
we place the TAO class here even though it is a cranial muscle; it is defined functionally
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
adductor
id
UBERON:0011145