Which axis runs from front to back and allows abduction and adduction in the frontal plane?

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Which axis runs from front to back and allows abduction and adduction in the frontal plane?

Explanation:
Abduction and adduction happen in the frontal plane, which separates the front from the back. The axis that allows rotation in that plane runs from the front of the body to the back—that’s the sagittal axis. So lifting a limb away from or back toward the midline rotates around a front-to-back line. (For contrast, flexion/extension move around the frontal axis, and rotation in the transverse plane uses the vertical axis.)

Abduction and adduction happen in the frontal plane, which separates the front from the back. The axis that allows rotation in that plane runs from the front of the body to the back—that’s the sagittal axis. So lifting a limb away from or back toward the midline rotates around a front-to-back line. (For contrast, flexion/extension move around the frontal axis, and rotation in the transverse plane uses the vertical axis.)

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