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Synovial Movements
angel's synovial movements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bending the fingers to close the hand | flexion |
| straightening the fingers to open the hand | extension |
| moving the arm straight out to the side | abduction |
| bringing the arm from an outstretched position back to rest beside the body | adduction |
| stretching out the arm and drawing a large, imaginary circle in the air | circumduction |
| rotating the forearm to turn the palm up and down | rotation |
| the act of turning the palm up or forward | supination |
| turns the palm down or backward | pronation |
| the act of turning the sole inward so it faces the opposite foot | inversion |
| turns the sole outward, away from the body | eversion |
| the foot is bent upward at the ankle; narrows the angle between the leg and the top of the foot | dorsiflexion |
| the toes point downward, flexing the arch of the foot, similar to toe dancing | plantar flexion |