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Muscle Movement
movements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |