[Solved] Joints - Chapter questions - Problem 6F - Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14th Edition(Edition)

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Adduction is the movement of a body part towards the midline in a given plane.  The movement of that body part in the opposite direction in the same plane--away from the midline is abduction.  These terms are easily confused because they have similar sounds when pronounced indistinctly. But if one remembers that "ad" means "to add" as in addition;  that is to "move towards" or "join with", or "move closer " to something; then if one thinks of the  object to be moved as an upper limb and the linear destination as the trunk (midline), then the adduction of an upper limb in the coronal plane can specify only one movement, that is  movement of the limb closer to the trunk. Since it is clear to everyone, that abduction is the opposite action of adduction, this easily remembered illustration is an effective learning device .

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