Abduction (physiology)
In medicine , the term abduction (from Latin abducere , `` lead away '' ) is used to describe the splaying off z. B. an arm or a leg or a movement of a body part (z. B. thumb ) away from the center of the body or the limb axis. The opposite is adduction .
Accordingly, the muscles that enable these movements are also referred to as abductors or adductors .
On the hand, a distinction is made between ulnar abduction and radial abduction .
Movement examples
- One leg is spread apart.
- Toes are spread apart.
- The toe is moved away from the sagittal plane .
- One thumb is spread apart.