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ADDUCTOR MUSCLE [1 record]

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Record 1 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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