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Muscle Movement
movements
Question | Answer |
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Adduction | moving a body toward the midline |
Abduction | moving a body part away from the midline |
Flexion | decreasing the angle btwn 2 bones (bending a body part) |
Extension | Increasing the angle btwn 2 bones (straightning) |
Rotation | Turning a body part around its own axis |
Circumduction | moving in a circle at a joint or moving one body part in a circle while the other stays staionary |
Pronation | turning a body part downward |
Supination | turning a body part upward |