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12 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Abduction
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Movement away from the mid line
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Adduction
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Movement toward the axis or midline of the body as viewed in the anatomical position
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Circumduction
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A movement at a synovial joint where the distal end of the bone describes a circle but the shaft does not rotate
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Elevation
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Movement in a superior, or upward, direction
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Depression
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Inferior (downward) movement of a body part
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Extension
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An increase in the angle between two articulating bones; the opposite of flexion
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Flexion
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A movement that reduces the angle between two articulating bones; the opposite of extension
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Hyperextension
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Past the anatomical position.
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Pronation
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Rotation of the forearm that makes the palm face posteriorly
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Supination
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Rotation of the forearm such that the palm faces anteriorly
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Lateral Rotation
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*palms facing in
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Medial Rotation
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*palms facing out
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