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medical terminology

motion terminology ( muscular )

TermDefinition
abductions moving away from the midline of body ( lifting your arm)
adduction means moving toward the midline of body ( bring your arm down)
flexion means bending or decreasing the angle at the joint ( bending arm at elbow)
extension straightening or increasing angle at the joint ( straightening arm out straight )
elevation raising a body part ( when you take a breath your ribs rise )
depression lowering the body part ( when you breath out your ribs lower )
rotation turning of the bone on its own axis / pivoting ( turning your head )
circumduction moving and extremity in a circular moition
supination turning of your arm so that you palm is facing upward
dorsiflexion bending your foot upward at the ankle toward your face
plantar flexion bending foot downward toward the ground at the ankle
retraction moving a body part backward ( tilting your head backward)
protraction moving a body part forward ( bending your head forward )
external rotation turning of a limb about its axis of rotation away from midline of body
internal rotation turning of a limb about its axis or rotation towards the midline of body
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