medially
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Retraction is the opposite motion, with the scapula being pulled posteriorly and medially, toward the vertebral column.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Muscles acting across the shoulder will also pull the shoulder and lateral clavicle anteriorly and medially, causing the clavicle fragments to override.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
On the medial part of the thigh, the adductor longus, adductor brevis, and adductor magnus adduct the thigh and medially rotate it.
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The acromion is continuous with the spine of the scapula, which can be palpated medially and posteriorly along its length.
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The ventral surface extends medially into a narrow shelf, approximately 1.0 mm. wide, which extends the full length of the bone; the external surface of this shelf is smooth and slightly concave dorsally.
From A New Genus of Pennsylvania Fish (Crossoperygii, Coelacanthiformes) from Kansas by Echols, Joan
