Actions of Skeletal Muscles
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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flexion | decreasing the angle between 2 bones; bending a limb
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extension | increasing angle between 2 bones straightening out a limb
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abduction | movement away from the midline of the body
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adduction | movement towards the midline of the body
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rotation | circular movement around an axis
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internal rotation | circular movement around an axis toward the midline
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external rotation | circular movement around an axis away from the midline
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dorsiflexion | decreasing the angle of the ankle so that the foot bends backward (upward)
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plantar flexion | motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground
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supination | as applied to the hand & forearm, act of turning the palm forward, or up
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pronation | as applied to the hand & forearm, act of turning the palm backward, or down
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