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Skeletal System (Joint Movements)

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Movement
Direction
Flexion   Bending the leg at the knee or fingers  
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Extension   Straightening the leg at the knee or fingers  
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Plantar flexion   Toe dancing  
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Dorsiflexion   bending the foot up toward the leg  
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Hyperextension   moving the hand toward the upper surface of the wrist  
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Abduction   Movement away from the midline of the body  
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Adduction   Movement toward the midline of the body  
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Inversion   turning the sole of the foot inward so that it faces the opposite foot  
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Eversion   turning the foot outward  
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Supination   turning the hand so that the palm faces upward  
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Pronation   turning the hand so that the palm faces downward  
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Circumduction   combination of movements as in twirling a hula hoop on the wrist  
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