amatomy joints and movement terms
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| Flexion | Bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together
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| Extension | Straightening parts at a joint so that the angle between them increases and the parts move farther apart
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| Hyperextension | Excess extension of the parte at a joint beyond the anatomical position
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| Dorsiflexion | Bending the foot at the ankle toward the shin
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| Adduction | Moving a part toward the midline
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| plantar flexion | bending the foot at the ankle toward the sole(bending the foot downward)
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| abduction | moving a part away from the midline
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| rotation | moving a part around an axis
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| cicumduction | moving a part so that its end follows circular path
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| supination | turning the hand so the palm is upward or facing anteriorly
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| pronation | turning the hand so the palm is downward or facing posteriorly
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| eversion | turning the foot so the sole faces laterally
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| inversion | turning the foot so the sole faces medially
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| protraction | moving a part forward
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| retraction | moving a part backward
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| elevation | raising a part
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| depression | lowering a part
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| fibrous | articulating bones fastened together by thin layers of dense connective tissue containing many collagenous fibers
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| syndesmosis | bones bound by inerosseous ligament
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| suture | flat bones united by sutural ligament
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| gomphosis | cone shaped process fastened in bony socket by peridontal ligament
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| cartilaginous | articulating bones connected to hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage
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| synchondrosis | bones united by bands of hyaline cartilage
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| symphysis | articular surfaces separatedd by thin layers of hyaline cartilage attached to cands of fibrocartilage
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| synovial | articulating bones surrounded by a joint capsule of ligaments and synovial membranes;ends of articulating bones covered by hyaline cartilage and separated by synovial fluid
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| ball-and-socket | ball shaped head of one bone articulates with cup-shaped socket of andother
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| condyloid | oval-shaped head of one bone articulated with elliptical cavity of another
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| gliding | articulating surfaces are nearly flat or slightly curved
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| hinge | convex surfaces of one bone articulates with ring of bone and fibrous tissue
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| saddle | articulating surfaces have both concabe and convex regions surface of one bone fits the complementary surface of andother
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