| Term Name: | abductor muscle |
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| Definition: | A muscle that moves a body part away from the sagittal plane/midline of the body[ZFA]. For example, the abductor muscles of the legs spread the legs away from the midline and away from one another. An abductor muscle opposes an adductor muscle[BTO]. |
| Ontology: | Uberon Ontology [UBERON:0006845] |