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joints and movemrnts
amatomy joints and movement terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flexion | Bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together |
| Extension | Straightening parts at a joint so that the angle between them increases and the parts move farther apart |
| Hyperextension | Excess extension of the parte at a joint beyond the anatomical position |
| Dorsiflexion | Bending the foot at the ankle toward the shin |
| Adduction | Moving a part toward the midline |
| plantar flexion | bending the foot at the ankle toward the sole(bending the foot downward) |
| abduction | moving a part away from the midline |
| rotation | moving a part around an axis |
| cicumduction | moving a part so that its end follows circular path |
| supination | turning the hand so the palm is upward or facing anteriorly |
| pronation | turning the hand so the palm is downward or facing posteriorly |
| eversion | turning the foot so the sole faces laterally |
| inversion | turning the foot so the sole faces medially |
| protraction | moving a part forward |
| retraction | moving a part backward |
| elevation | raising a part |
| depression | lowering a part |
| fibrous | articulating bones fastened together by thin layers of dense connective tissue containing many collagenous fibers |
| syndesmosis | bones bound by inerosseous ligament |
| suture | flat bones united by sutural ligament |
| gomphosis | cone shaped process fastened in bony socket by peridontal ligament |
| cartilaginous | articulating bones connected to hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage |
| synchondrosis | bones united by bands of hyaline cartilage |
| symphysis | articular surfaces separatedd by thin layers of hyaline cartilage attached to cands of fibrocartilage |
| synovial | articulating bones surrounded by a joint capsule of ligaments and synovial membranes;ends of articulating bones covered by hyaline cartilage and separated by synovial fluid |
| ball-and-socket | ball shaped head of one bone articulates with cup-shaped socket of andother |
| condyloid | oval-shaped head of one bone articulated with elliptical cavity of another |
| gliding | articulating surfaces are nearly flat or slightly curved |
| hinge | convex surfaces of one bone articulates with ring of bone and fibrous tissue |
| saddle | articulating surfaces have both concabe and convex regions surface of one bone fits the complementary surface of andother |
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