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Sports Med.
Articular System
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9th Grade
10/02/2007

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Term
Dorsiflexion
Definition
At the ankle and wrist joints, extension
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Circumduction
Definition
a circular movement permitted at ball and socket, condylar, and saddle joints
Term
Rotation
Definition
of a joint it to turn the moving bone about its axis.

Rotation toward the body is medail, away is external or lateral
Term
Supination
Definition
is an external rotation of the radiohumeral joint
Term
pronation
Definition
is an internal rotation of the radiohumeral joint.
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Inversion
Definition
turns sole of foot inward so that the medial border of the foot is elevated

big toe is up
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eversion
Definition
turns the sole of the foot outward so that its lateral border is elevated

little toe is up
Term
internal rotaion


external rotation
Definition
rotating in (foot, shoulder...)

rotating out (foot, wrist.....)
Term
Prone

Supine
Definition
Lying on stomach

Lying on back
Term
Protraction

Retraction
Definition
pulling shoulder blades apart

pushing shoulder blades together
Term
Anterior
Definition
being more in front of the body than another structure
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Posterior
Definition
being more in the back of the body than another structure
Term
Lateral
Definition
a structure being further away from the median plane of the body than another structure
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Proximal
Definition
Regarding the limbs; a structure being closer to the median plane or root of the limb than another structure
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Distal
Definition
regarding the limbs; a structure being further away from the medain plane or the root of the limb than another structure
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Adduction
Definition
moves a bone toward midline of the body
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Abduction
Definition
moves bone away from the midline of the bodt
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