What is adduction?

What is adduction?

• A. Moving away from the midline
• B. Moving toward the midline
• C. Circumduction
• D. Rotation

Answer: (B)

Adduction is the movement toward the midline of the body. For example, lowering a raised arm back toward the side of the body or bringing the thighs together toward the midline are adduction movements. It’s the opposite of moving away from the midline, which is abduction. Circumduction describes a circular, cone-shaped path that combines several movements (flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction) and isn’t a single toward-midline action. Rotation involves turning a limb around its long axis, which is not about moving toward or away from the midline.

Adduction is the movement toward the midline of the body. For example, lowering a raised arm back toward the side of the body or bringing the thighs together toward the midline are adduction movements. It’s the opposite of moving away from the midline, which is abduction. Circumduction describes a circular, cone-shaped path that combines several movements (flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction) and isn’t a single toward-midline action. Rotation involves turning a limb around its long axis, which is not about moving toward or away from the midline.