Adductor muscle
# Adductor muscle

A adductor muscle is any muscle that causes adduction. It may refer to:

## Humans

* Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to
   * Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus
   * Adductor hallucis muscle, a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe
   * Adductor longus muscle, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh
   * Adductor magnus on the medial side of the thigh
   * Adductor minimus muscle, a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh
   * Adductor pollicis muscle, a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb

## Other animals

* Adductor muscles (bivalve), a muscle in the interior of a bivalve mollusk which close the valves
* The large foot-to-shell muscle in gastropods such as the abalone and limpet
