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chapter 7:5 MS
mrs pucket health science
Term | Definition |
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Excitability | ability to respond to a stimulus |
Extensibility | ability to be stretched |
contract | ability to become short and thick |
elasticity | ability to return to its original shape |
flexion | decreasing the angle between two bones |
circumduction | swinging the arm around in a circle |
ADDuction | moving a body part toward the midline |
Flexion | bending the lower arm up toward the upper arm |
ABDuction | moving the arm away from the side of the body |
Extension | straightening the lower leg away from the upper leg, increasing the angle between two bones |
Rotation | turning a body part on its own axis |
ABDuction | moving the leg in toward the body |
Rotation | turning the head from side to side |