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305 Final
assessment final
Question | Answer |
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Flexion | bending a limb at a joint |
Extension | staightening a limb at a joint |
Abduction | moving a limb away from the midline |
Adduction | moving a limb toward the midling |
pronation | turning the forearm so that the palm is down |
Supination | turning the forearm so that the palm is up |
Circumduction | moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder |
Inversion | moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle |
Eversion | moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle |
Rotation | Moving the head around a central axis |
Protraction | moving a body part forward and parellel to the ground |
Retraction | moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground |
Elevation | raising a body part |
Depression | lowering a body part |
bones are untied by fibrous tissue or cartilage and are immovble ex sutures in the skull or slightly moveable(the veterbra) | nonsynovial joints |
freely movable because they have bones they are separated from each other and are enclosed in a joint cavity | Synovial Joints |
Ball and socket action joints | Shoulder,Elbow |
Hinge | jaw ankle foot elbow |
Condlyoid joint | wrist and carpals |