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ADDUCTEUR [2 records]

Record 1 2014-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Muscles and Tendons
DEF

Muscle that produces sideways movement of a limb or part toward either the median plane of the body or, in the case of the digits, the middle of the middle finger or of the second toe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Muscles et tendons
DEF

Muscle dont le mouvement sert à rapprocher un membre ou un segment de membre de l'axe médian du corps.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Músculos y tendones
DEF

Músculo [...] que tiene como función mover una parte del cuerpo acercándola a su eje.

OBS

aductor: Tal como indica el Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, "aductor (‘que aduce’ y ‘[músculo] que realiza los movimientos de aducción’) no debe confundirse con abductor".

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Record 2 1987-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
  • Animal Anatomy
DEF

a muscle that closes the valves of a bivalve shell (as in the oyster and the scallop) or one of a pair of such muscles (as in other mollusks).

Key term(s)
  • adductor muscle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
  • Anatomie animale
CONT

Chez les Mollusques pourvus d'une coquille simple, chez les Gastéropodes en particulier, le muscle adducteur est accroché à l'axe de la coquille (columelle); lorsque ce muscle se contracte, l'animal se retire à l'intérieur de la coquille.

Spanish

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