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BIO 117
Skeletal System (Joint Movements)
Movement | Direction |
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Flexion | Bending the leg at the knee or fingers |
Extension | Straightening the leg at the knee or fingers |
Plantar flexion | Toe dancing |
Dorsiflexion | bending the foot up toward the leg |
Hyperextension | moving the hand toward the upper surface of the wrist |
Abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
Adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body |
Inversion | turning the sole of the foot inward so that it faces the opposite foot |
Eversion | turning the foot outward |
Supination | turning the hand so that the palm faces upward |
Pronation | turning the hand so that the palm faces downward |
Circumduction | combination of movements as in twirling a hula hoop on the wrist |