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03/22/2022
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elbow flexion
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a decrease in angle between two joints
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flexion
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shoulder flexion
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knee flexion
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hip flexion
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spine/torso flexion
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neck flexion
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wrist flexion
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elbow extension
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an increase in the angle between two joints
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extension
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shoulder extension
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knee extension
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hip extension
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spine/torso extension
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neck extension
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wrist extension
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a movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis.
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rotation
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neck rotation
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shoulder rotation
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hip rotation
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movement of a joint away from the midline of the body
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abduction
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shoulder abduction
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hip abduction
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finger abduction
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a movement towards the midline of the body
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adduction
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shoulder adduction
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hip adduction
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finger adduction
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lifting the foot so that its superior surface approaches the shin
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dorsiflexion
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dorsiflexion
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depressing the foot
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plantarflexion
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plantarflexion
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turn the sole medially
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inversion
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inversion
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turn the sole laterally.
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eversion
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eversion
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when the forearm rotates laterally so that the palm faces anteriorly and the radius and ulna are parallel.
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supination
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supination
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brings the radius across the ulna so that the two bones form an X.
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pronation
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pronation
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when you move your thumbs to touch the tips of the other fingers on the same hand.
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opposition
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opposition
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frontalis
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raises the eyebrows
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orbicularis oris
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closes and protrudes the lips
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orbicularis oculi
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blinks and closes the eye
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buccinator
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compresses cheek to chew, sucking, whistling
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zygomaticus
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raises corner of the mouth
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masseter
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primary mover to close jaw
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temporalis
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assist in closing jaw
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platysma
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pulls corner of mouth inferiorly
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sternocleidomastoid
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flexes neck, rotates head
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pectoralis major
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adducts and flexes the arm at shoulder joint
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rectus abdominis
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flex vertebral column
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external obliques
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flex and rotate vertebral column
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trapezius
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extends neck
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latissimus dorsi
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extends and adducts arm at shoulder joint
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erector spinae
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extends vertebral column
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deltoid
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abducts the arm at shoulder joint
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bicep brachii
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flexes the arm at elbow and supinates forearm
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tricep brachii
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extends the arm at elbow joint
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forearm muscles
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flexing and extending the wrist
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gluteus maximus
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extension of the legs at the hip
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gluteus medius
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abduct the leg at the hip
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hamstring group (semimembranosus, semitendinosus, bicep femoris)
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flex the leg at the knee and extend the leg at the hip
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gastrocnemius and soleus
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plantar flex the foot
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iliopsoas
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primarily mover for flexing the leg at the hip
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adductor muscles
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adducts the leg at the hip
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sartorius
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can flex the leg at the hip
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quadriceps group (vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius, rectus femoris)
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extend the leg at the knee
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tibalis anterior
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dorsiflexion of the foot
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