Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

adductor muscle
Synonyms

adductor

Definitions

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.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0011145

altLabel

adductor

axiom_lost_from_external_ontology

relationship loss: subclass cranial muscle (TAO:0001953)[TAO]

definition

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.

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 related synonym

adductor

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0011145

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#functional_classification

label

adductor muscle

notation

UBERON:0011145

prefLabel

adductor muscle

xRef

TAO:0002136

ZFA:0005268

FMA:74998

Wikipedia:Adductor_muscle

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0014892

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