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| Movement that decreases the angle of a joint |
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| Movement that increases the angle of a joint |
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| Movement that increases the angle of a joint beyond 180 degrees |
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| Movement of a body part away from the midline |
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| Movement of a body part toward the midline |
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| Movement that raises a bone vertically |
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| Movement that lowers a bone vertically |
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| Movement of a bone anteriorly |
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| Movement of a bone posteriorly |
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| Movement of the jaw sideways to the right or left |
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| Movement of the jaw back to the midline from the right or left |
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| Movement in which one end of an appendage remains relatively stationary while the other end makes a circular motion |
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| Movement that twist a bone on its longitudinal axis |
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| Rotation of the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly in anatomical position |
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| Rotation of the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly |
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| Movement of the thumb to touch the fingertips |
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| Movement of the thumb from touching the fingertips back to anatomical position |
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| Raising of the toes or foot upward |
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| Extension of the toes or foot so that they point downward |
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| Raising the sole of the foot medially |
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| Raising the sole of the foot laterally |
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| Elongated, rigid object that rotates around a fixed point |
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| The fixed point that an elongated, rigid object rotates around |
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| Lever in which the fulcrum is in the middle |
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| Lever in which the resistance is in the middle |
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| Lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and resistance |
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| Articulation of the condyle of the mandible with mandibular fossa of the temporal bone |
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