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Planes and directional terms of movement.

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Sagittal Plane   Divides the body in left and right halves.  
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Coronal Plane (Frontal Plane)   Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions.  
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Transverse Plane   Divides the body into superior and inferior portions.  
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Cranial   Closer to the head. Used when referring to structures in the trunk.  
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Caudal   Closer to the buttocks. Used when referring to structures in the trunk.  
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Posterior   Towards the back of the body.  
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Anterior   Towards the front of the body.  
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Medial   Towards the midline of the body.  
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Lateral   Further away from the midline.  
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Distal   Farther away from the trunk. Arms and legs only.  
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Proximal   Closer to the trunk. Arms and legs only.  
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Superficial   Closer to the surface of the body.  
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Deep   Farther away from the surface of the body.  
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Ventral   Same as anterior, coronal, etc.  
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Dorsal   Same as posterior.  
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Extension   Movement that straightens or opens a joint.  
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Flexion   Movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together.  
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Adduction   Brings a limb medially toward the body's midline.  
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Abduction   Moves limb laterall away from the midline.  
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Medial Rotation   Sometimes referred to as internal rotation. Shoulder and hip joints only. Turns the limb inward toward the midline.  
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Lateral Rotation   Sometimes referred to as external rotation. Swings the limb away from the midline.  
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Rotation   Axial skeleton only. Movement of the head and vertebral column along the transverse plane.  
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Circumduction   Shoulder and hip joints only. Cone shaped movement combining flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.  
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Prone   The position of lying faced down on the table.  
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Supine   The position of lying face up.  
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Sidlying   Lying on your side.  
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Lateral Flexion   Axial skeleton only. Example: head or vertebral column bend laterally to the side.  
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Supination*Hint: carrying soup.   Pivoting action of the forearm which results in the palm facing upward.  
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Pronation   Pivoting action of the forearm that results in the palm facing downward.  
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Opposition   Thumb only. Occurs when the thumb crosses the palm toward the "pinkie" finger.  
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Inversion*Hint: INward.   Joints of the feet. Elevates the foot's medial side and brings the sole of the foot medially.  
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Eversion   Joints of the feet. Elevates the foots lateral side and moves the sole laterally.  
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Plantar Flexion*Hint: it would really hurt to do this with plantar warts.   Releve position in dance.  
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Dorsiflextion   Opposite of plantar flexion. Example: picking your toes and ball of foot, balancing on your heels.  
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Protraction*Hint: PROtrude.   Scapula, clavical, head, jaw. Occurs when one of these structures moves anteriorly.  
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Retraction*Hint: RETReat   Scapula, clavical, head, jaw. Occurs when one of these structures moves posteriorly.  
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Elevation   Scapula and jaw. Movement superiorly.  
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Depression*Hint: dePRESSion   Scapula and jaw. Movement inferiorly.  
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