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Bone and Muscle - Match Motion to Definition

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Flexion   decreases the angle between the bones  
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Extention   increases the angle between bones  
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Abduction   moves a part away from the median plane of the body, as in moving the leg straight out to the side or fingers away from the midline of the hand  
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Adduction   moves a part toward the median plan  
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Internal rotation   rotation toward the center of the body; pivoting a bone towards the midline on it's own axis  
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External rotation   rotation away from the center of the body; pivoting a bone away from the midline on it's own axis  
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Elevation   moves a part up, as in closing the mouth  
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Depression   lowers a part, moving it in the opposite direction from elevation  
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Pronation   turns the palm of the hand down  
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Supination   turns the hand palm side up  
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Dorsiflexion   decreasing the angle between the top of the foot and the front of the leg  
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Plantar flexion   increases the angle between the top of the foot and the front of the leg  
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Eversion   turns the sole of the foot outward  
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Inversion   turns the sole of the foot inward  
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Protrusion   extended forward or laterally  
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Retrusion   being pulled back  
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Protraction   moves a part forward  
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Retraction   moves a part backward  
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Antergrade   moving or extending forward  
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Retrograde   moving backward, inverse  
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