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What is the name for the false joints that occur when a fractured bone heals as 2 seperate bones?
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pseudoarthroses
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What plane does flexion occur on?
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Saggital plane, decreases the angle, movement is anterior-posterior
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What iWhat is hyperextension?
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Extension of a joint beyond 180 degrees.
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What is opisthotonos?
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A severe example of hyperextension of the spine. Occurs in tetanus.
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What plane does lateral fexion occur at?
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Coronal plane
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Where does lateral fexion occur primarily in the body?
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Between the vertebrae in the cervical and lumbar regions of the vertebral column.
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What is abduction?
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Lateral movement of the body part away from the midline.
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What is adduction and what plane does it occur at?
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The medial movement of a body part toward the body midline, occurs on the frontal plane.
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What plane does circumduction occur at?
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Frontal and saggital plane (cone like circular motions. Can easily be done at the shoulder, wrist, trunk, hip, ankle, neck, and metacarpophalangeal joints.
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What is rotational motion?
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pivoting motion in which a bone turns on its own logitudinal axis. Atlantoaxial joint, pornation and supination
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