ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -A movement of a body part away from the midline, either of the body as a whole or that of the hand or foot, is termed abduction (L., to carry away). A movement of the body part back toward the midline (i.e., to the anatomical position) is known as adduction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abduction is a medial lateral motion of the limb that occurs along the coronal plane and takes the moving part away from the mid line of the body. Exactly the opposite type of movement that brings the moving part towards the mid line is called adduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abduction: The movement of a limb away from the midline of the body. The opposite of abduction is adduction.

Detailed explanation-4: -The name of the muscle that is responsible for moving your arms away from your body are the abduction muscles. Abduction means to move away from the midline.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lateral-away from the midline of the body (example, the little toe is located at the lateral side of the foot).