Humans
- Adductor muscles of the hip, the most common reference in humans, but may also refer to
- Adductor brevis muscle, a muscle in the thigh situated immediately behind the pectineus and adductor longus
- Adductor hallucis muscle,a muscle responsible for adducting the big toe
- Adductor longus muscle, a skeletal muscle located in the thigh
- Adductor magnus muscle, a large triangular muscle, situated on the medial side of the thigh
- Adductor minimus muscle, a small and flat skeletal muscle in the thigh
- Adductor pollicis muscle, a muscle in the hand that functions to adduct the thumb
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Famous quotes containing the word humans:
“The land is the host and humans merely guests.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Because humans are not alone in exhibiting such behavior—bees stockpile royal jelly, birds feather their nests, mice shred paper—it’s possible that a pregnant woman who scrubs her house from floor to ceiling [just before her baby is born] is responding to a biological imperative . . . . Of course there are those who believe that . . . the burst of energy that propels a pregnant woman to clean her house is a perfectly natural response to their mother’s impending visit.”
—Mary Arrigo (20th century)
“The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)