Directional Terminology
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| Flexion | decrease of an angle of a joint
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| extension | increase of an angle of a joint
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| rotation | turning a bone around its long axis
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| abduction | moving a limb away from the midline of the body
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| adduction | moving a limb toward the midline of the body
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| circumduction | flexion, extension, rotation, abduction, and adduction all in one successive movement. eg bowling cricket ball.
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| inversion | turning the sole of the foot medially
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| eversion | turning the sole of the foot laterally
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| pronation | turning the palm posteriorly
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| supination | palm facing anteriorly (anatomical position)
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| horizontal flexion | decreasing angle of joint on horizontal plane
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| horizontal extension | increasing the angle of joint on horizontal plane
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| elivation | moving body part superiorly
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| depression | moving body part inferiorly
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| transverse plane | divides superior and inferior portions of the body
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| sagittal plane | divides left and right portions of the body
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| coronal plane | divides anterior and posterior portions of the body
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