Human Muscular System Picture (Back View)

Adductor Muscles

Adductor muscles move a limb toward the central line of the body or a digit toward the axis of a limb. It comes from the Latin word, "adductus," meaning "one that draws to". An adductor is also a muscle that closes the valves in a clam or other bivalve mollusk, but it isn't the one that snaps the human mouth shut.