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A & P I
Bone and Muscle - Match Motion to Definition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flexion | decreases the angle between the bones |
| Extention | increases the angle between bones |
| Abduction | moves a part away from the median plane of the body, as in moving the leg straight out to the side or fingers away from the midline of the hand |
| Adduction | moves a part toward the median plan |
| Internal rotation | rotation toward the center of the body; pivoting a bone towards the midline on it's own axis |
| External rotation | rotation away from the center of the body; pivoting a bone away from the midline on it's own axis |
| Elevation | moves a part up, as in closing the mouth |
| Depression | lowers a part, moving it in the opposite direction from elevation |
| Pronation | turns the palm of the hand down |
| Supination | turns the hand palm side up |
| Dorsiflexion | decreasing the angle between the top of the foot and the front of the leg |
| Plantar flexion | increases the angle between the top of the foot and the front of the leg |
| Eversion | turns the sole of the foot outward |
| Inversion | turns the sole of the foot inward |
| Protrusion | extended forward or laterally |
| Retrusion | being pulled back |
| Protraction | moves a part forward |
| Retraction | moves a part backward |
| Antergrade | moving or extending forward |
| Retrograde | moving backward, inverse |
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malrey3
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