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Joints
Joint movements
Question | Answer |
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Flexion | Bending a limb |
Extension | Straightening a flexed limb |
Circumduction | Moving a body part in a circular motion |
ABduction | Moving a body part away from the middle |
ADduction | Moving a body part towards the middle. |
Protraction | moving a body part forwards |
Retraction | Moving a body part backwards |
Rotation | Moving a body part around a central axis |
Dorsiflexion | Bending a body part backwards |
Pronation | Lying prone(face down)also turning the palm downward |
Supination | Lying supine(face up)also turning the palm or foot upward |
Eversion | Turning outward |
Inversion | Turning inward |