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synovial joints move
types of movements in synovial joints
Question | Answer |
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flexion | reduces the angle between the bones e.g. bends the limb |
Extension | increases the angle between the bones e.g. straightens the limb |
Abduction | to ‘take away’ moves a body part away from the median plane e.g. moving the limb out sideways |
Adduction | moves a body part back towards the median plane |
Gliding | the articulating surfaces of the joint slide over one another |
Rotation | the moving body part ‘twists’ on its own axis |
Circumduction | allows one end of a bone to move in a circular pattern |
Protraction | the animal moves its limb cranially i.e. as when walking |
Retraction | the animal moves the limb back towards the body |
Pronation | inward rotation of the paw |
Supination | outward rotation of the paw |