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Body Navigation: Movements

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Name
Description
Movements   refers to joints  
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Extension   straightens or opens {lightbulb, look up} [sagittal]  
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Hyperextension   straightens or opens beyond normal range of motion [sagittal]  
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Flexion   bends, brings bones closer {bend over, bow head} [sagittal]  
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Adduction   (appendages) brings limb medial {add to body} [frontal]  
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Abduction   (appendages) laterally away from midline {abduct, carry away} [frontal]  
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Medial (Internal) Rotation   (shoulder & hip) limb turns twd midline  
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Lateral (external) Rotation   (shoulder & hip) limb turns away from midline  
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Rotation   (axial skeleton: head & verteral column) [transverse]  
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Circumduction   (shoulder & hip) cone-shaped movement (flex, ext, add, abd)  
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Lateral Flexion   (axial skeleton) head or vertebral col. bend laterally {PU briefcase, talk on phone}  
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Supination   (forearm & feet) pivot - radius & ulna parallel {carry soup}  
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Pronation   (forearm & feet) pivot - radius crosses over ulna - turns palm down {prone to spill}  
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Opposition   (thumb: carpometacarpal) - thumbpad points to pinky  
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Inversion   (feet) elevates medial side, medial sole {turn in}  
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Eversion   (feet) elevates lateral side, moves sole laterally {turn out}  
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Plantar Flexion   (ankle) point foot to earth {pressing gas pedal}  
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Dorsiflexion   (ankle) point toes to sky {let off gas pedal}  
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Protraction   (clavicle, head, & jaw) movement anteriorly {protrude}  
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Retraction   (clavicle, head, & jaw) movement posteriorly {retreat}  
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Elevation   (scapula & jaw) movement superiorly {shrug or close mouth}  
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Depression   (scapula & jaw) movement inferiorly {parralell bars, open mouth}  
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Deviation   to wander from the usual course  
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