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20 Cards in this Set
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Decrease in the angle between articulating bones
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flexion
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Increase in angle between articulating bones
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extension
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extension beyond the anatomical position
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hyperextension
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movement of a bone away from the midline
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abduction
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Movement of a bone toward the midline
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adduction
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Flexion, abduction, extension, adduction, and rotation in succession in which the distal end of the body part moves in a circle
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circumduction
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movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
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rotation
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movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis, usually in limbs, toward the midline
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medial rotation
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movement of a bone around its longitudinal, usually in limbs, away from the midline
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lateral rotation
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superior movement of a body part
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elevation
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inferior movement of a body part
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depression
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anterior movement of a body part in the transverse plane
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protraction
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posterior movement of a body part in the transverse plane
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retraction
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medial movement of the sole
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inversion
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lateral movement of the sole
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eversion
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bending the foot in the direction of the dorsum
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dorsiflexion
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bending the foot in the direction of the plantar surface (sole)
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plantar flexion
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movement of the forearm that turns the palm anteriorly
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supination
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movement of the forearm that turns the palm posteriorly
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pronation
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movement of the thumb a ross the pal, tomtouch the fingertips on the same hand
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