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Contraction of a .......... muscle draws a limb towards the body midline while contraction of a .......... muscle draws a limb away from the body midline.

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Contraction of an adductor muscle draws a limb towards the body midline while the contraction of an abductor's muscle draws limb away from the body midline.

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