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

Detailed explanation-3: -Abduction moves the limb laterally away from the midline of the body, while adduction is the opposing movement that brings the limb toward the body or across the midline.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.