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synovial joints move
types of movements in synovial joints
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |