Definitions of Movement
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| Flexion | Decreases the length of the muscle.
Eg. Bending or folding
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| Lateral Flexion | Decreasing the size of the angle between the lateral surfaces of the body.
Eg. lat flexion of trunk brings the trunk closer to the hip
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| Extension | Increases the length of the muscle.
Return from flexion
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| Abduction | moves a bone away from the midline
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| Adduction | moves a bone towards the midline
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| horizontal adduction | moves a bone toward the midline of the body at a horizontal level
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| Rotation | the pivoting of a bone on its own axis
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| Inversion | Turns the sole of the foot inward
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| Eversion | Turns the sole of the foot outward
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| Circumduction | Causes the bone to describe the surface of a cone as it moves
eg. sundials
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| Supination | Movement of the forearm that turns the palm forward
eg. anatomical position
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| Pronation | Turning the forearm so that palms are down, back of hand forward
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| Elevation | Raising a part
eg. shrug shoulder
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| Depression | Lowering a part
eg. droop shoulder
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| Protraction | Moving a part forward
eg. chin forward
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| Retraction | Moving a part back
eg. chin backwards
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