abductor muscle
Noun
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A muscle that draws a body part away from the median line (synset 105298509)
is a type of: skeletal muscle, striated muscle - a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripessubtypes:
- musculus abductor digiti minimi manus - the abductor muscle of the little finger
- musculus abductor digiti minimi pedis - the abductor muscles of the little toe
- musculus abductor hallucis - the abductor muscle of the great toe
- musculus abductor pollicis - the abductor muscle of the thumb
same as: abductor
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