Terms of Movement
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| flexion | decrease the angle of a joint
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| extension | increase the angle of a joint
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| dorsiflexion | decrease the angle between foot and leg
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| plantarflexion | standing on the toes
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| abduction | away from the median plane
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| adduction | toward the median plane
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| pronation | palm of the hand faces posterior
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| supination | palm of the hand faces anterior
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| eversion | elevation of the lateral edge of the foot
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| inversion | elevation of the medial edge of the foot
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| circumduction | circular motion of the limbs
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| rotation | movement around an axis
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| medial rotation | turned toward the median plane
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| lateral rotation | turned away from the median plane
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| elevation | to push or pull up (shrugging the shoulders)
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| depression | to push or pull down (lower the mandible)
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| opposition | touching the thumb to the pads of the fingers
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