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| place of union or junction between two or more bones |
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| joints that allow only slight movement |
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| a joint in which a conical process fits into a socket and is held in place by ligaments |
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| articulation in which the bones are united by a thin layer of fibrous tissue |
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| joints in which the bones are connected by a disc of fibrocartilage |
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| joints between bones that do not allow movement |
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| joint in which two bony surfaces are connected by hyaline cartilage |
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| joint in which bones are connected by ligaments between the bones, bones move as one |
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(also known as Synovial Joints)
are freely moving joints or articulations |
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| the act of bending or decreasing the angle between bones |
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| the act of increasing the angle between bones and is the opposite of flexion |
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| increases the joint angle beyond anatomic position |
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is moving the bones or limb away from the midline of the body
(opposite of adduction) |
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moving the bone or limb toward the midline of the body
(opposite of abduction) |
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| the act of moving the bone around a central axis; the plane of rotational motion is perpendicular to the axis, as when rotating our head |
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| moving the bone in such a way that the end of the bone or limb describes a circle in the air and the sides of the bone describe a cone in the air |
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| moving the bones of the forearm so that the radius and ulna are parallel |
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| moving the bones of the forearm so that the radius and ulna are not parallel |
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| moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle |
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| moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle |
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| moving a part of the body backward on a plane parallel to the ground |
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| moving a part of the body backward on a plane parallel to the ground |
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| raising a part of the body |
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| lowering a part of the body |
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movement that occurs only with the thumb and is unique to primates.
It occurs when the tip of the thumb and the fingers are brought together. |
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| occurs when the digits return to their normal positions |
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| a type of synovial or diarthrosis joint, also called a multiaxial joint, like the shoulder or hip joint |
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| closed sacs with a synovial membrane |
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| a type of synovial joint, also called an ellipsoidal joint, like the wrist |
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| raising the foot up at the ankle root |
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| layer of areolar tissue covering the whole muscle trunk |
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| a type of synovial joint found in the spine |
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| a type of synovial joint, like the knee or elbow |
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| a type of synovial joint, like the joint between the atlas and axis vertebrae |
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| pushing the foot down at the ankle joint |
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| a type of synovial joint, the carpal metacarpal joint in the thumb |
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| located between the muscles |
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| found where one tendon overlies another tendon |
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