Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0354 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Adduction
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The idea
Adduction is a movement carrying a body part toward the midline.
In practice
Lowering the raised arm back to the side is adduction.
Where people slip
Abduction and adduction differ by one letter and reverse the movement entirely.
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