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9 Cards in this Set
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Flexion
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to decrease the angle of a joint, to bed a joint
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Extension
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to increase the angle of a joint, to straighten a joint
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Abduction
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to move appendage away from saggital midline
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Adduction
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to move appendage toward saggital midline
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Supination
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to turn the palm of the hand (rotating appendage) upward
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Pronation
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To turn the palm of the hand (rotating appendage) downward
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Internal Rotation
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to turn on a fixed point; turn toward the midline
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External Rotation
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to turn on a fixed point; turn away from midline
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Circumduction
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moving a limb in a circle as to create a cone
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Ex: drawing a circle on a blackboard, shoulder acts as vertex of come while arm moves clockwise
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