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muscle
helps remember mucle movements
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Medical
11th Grade
10/21/2009

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Flexion
Definition
Bending of the arm or leg
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Extension
Definition
Straightining or unbending, as in straighting the forarm,leg ,finger
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Abduction
Definition
moving a extremity away from the body
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Rotation
Definition
when a bone moves around a central point without being displaced, such as turning your head side to side
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supination
Definition
Turning the hand so that the palm is facing upward
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Pronation
Definition
turning hand so that they face outward
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Dorsiflexsion
Definition
bending the foot at the ankle tword the spine.(bending foot upward)
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Plantar Flexion
Definition

Bending the foot at th ankle tword the sole(bending downward)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Inversion
Definition
turning the foot so the sole is facing medially
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Eversion
Definition
turning foot so the sole faces laterlly
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Circumduction
Definition
moving a part so that the end follows a circular path(moving fingers in a circle)
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