ADDUCTOR MUSCLE

adductor muscle: translation

1. Any muscle that adducts or bring parts into apposition.

2. (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea)

In bivalves, muscles attached to the carapace that pull it to the body, or connect the carapace. a. In Barnacles, any transverse muscle, especially those attached to the scutum for closing the aperture.

3. (MOLLUSCA: Bivalvia)

A single posterior or an anterior and posterior muscle connecting the two valves. a. In oysters, the crescent shaped "catch" muscle that holds the valves in a set position, or the "quick" muscle, the main opening and closure muscle.

adductor muscle: translation

Large muscle of bivalve molluscs that is responsible for holding the two halves of the shell closed. Its unusual feature is its ability to maintain high tension with low energy expenditure by using a "catch" mechanism, and the high content of paramyosin.

1) аддуктор, приводящая мышца

2) аддуктор, замыкающий мускул (у моллюсков)