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26 Cards in this Set
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radiculi
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nerve roots
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Spondylo
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vertebrae
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Dorsiflexion
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pulls the toes upward (like walking on heels)
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Plantarflexion
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like standing on or pointing one's toes
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Supination
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anatomical position, can hold soup
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Pronation
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opposite of supination, to be bent forward
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Circumduction
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a 360 degree movement which can be done in the ball and socket joints; includes: flexion, abduction, external reduction, and adduction
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Medial / internal rotation
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As a left-handed person writes they are rotating their arm medially
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lateral / external rotation
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As a right-handed person writes, they are rotating laterally.
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Adducting
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returns the limb to the midline of the body
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abduction
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moves limb away from the coronal plane of the body.
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flexion
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reduces angle of joint
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extension
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increases angle of joint
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cranal / superior
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toward the head
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caudal / inferior
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toward the feet
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anterior / ventral
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front (as in the face)
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posterior / dorsal
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toward the back, like the butt
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medial
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toward the center of the body
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lateral
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away from the center of the body
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proximal
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closer to the trunk of the body
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distal
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farther from the trunk of the body
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superficial
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shallower than...
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deep
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underneath...
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median / mid-sagital plane
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passes through the midline of the body cutting the nostrils into separate halfs
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sagital / parasagital / paramedian planes
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planes passing through the body from the anterior to the posterior in paralell with the mid-sagital plane
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transverse plane
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planes cut through the body along the horizontal (if the person is thought to be standing upright)
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