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Adductor Muscles

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Updated August 18, 2011

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adductor muscles

Adductor muscles are used to bring the bottom leg up toward the midline of the body.

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Definition: Muscles that bring a body part closer to the midline of the body.
Pronunciation: ad-duct-er
Common Misspellings: aductor
Examples:
In Pilates, we train adductor muscles of the hip and leg when we do inner thigh toning and strengthening exercises like inner thigh lift.

guide note: think of "adding" to the body. Also see the opposite muscle action: abductor muscles

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