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19 Cards in this Set
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Flexion |
- Decrease in the angle between articulating bones |
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Extension |
- Increase in the angle between articulating bones - Often to restore body to anatomical position |
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Lateral Flexion |
-Movement of the trunk sideways to the right or left at the waist |
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Hyperextension |
- Continuation of extension beyond the anatomical position |
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Abduction |
- Movement of a bone away from the midline |
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Adduction |
- Movement of a bone toward the midline |
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Circumduction |
- Movement of the distal end of a body part in a circle |
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Rotation |
- Bone revolves around its own longitudinal axis |
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Elevation |
- Superior movement of a body part |
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Depression |
- Inferior movement of body part |
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Protraction |
- Anterior movement of a body part in transverse plane |
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Retraction |
- Posterior movement of body part in transverse plane |
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Inversion |
- Medial movement of sole |
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Eversion |
- Lateral movement of sole |
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Dorsiflexion |
- Bending foot in direction of dorsum (superior surface) |
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Plantar flexion |
- Bending foot in direction of plantar surface |
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Supination |
- Movement of forearm that turns palm anteriorly |
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Pronation |
- Movement of forearm that turns palm anteriorly |
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Opposition |
- Movement of thumb across palm to touch fingertips on same hand |