Movement names and description
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| Extension | Adjacent bones move apart increasing angle between them. Return of body parts to anatomical position.
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| Flexion | Adjacent bones move together, thereby decreasing angle between them.
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| Hyperextension | Extension movement continued beyond anotomical position.
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| Hyperflexion | Flexion movement continued beyond normal range of motion.
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| Abduction | Arms or legs move away from midline of body.
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| Adduction | Arms and legs move towards midline of body.
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| Horizontal abduction | Movement of humerus in the transverse plane away from the midline.
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| Horizontal Adduction | Movement of the humerus in the transverse plane toward the midline.
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| Rotation | Body part moves on its own axis.
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| Circumduction | Body part moves in a full circular path. Combines Flexion, Adduction, extension, and Adduction in sequential order.
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| Lateral Flexion | Head or torso bends to the side. (laterally)
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| Retraction | Medial movement on a plane parellel to ground. (Adduction of scapula)
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| Protraction | Lateral movement on a plane parellel to ground. (abduction of scapula)
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| Elevation | Moving to a superior position. I.e. shrugging shoulders
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| Depression | Moving to an inferior position (scapula) I.e. dropping the shoulder
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| Dorsiflexion | Top of foot moves towards the shin.
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| Plantar Flexion | Top of foot moves away from shin.
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| Eversion | Sole of foot faces outward.
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| Inversion | Sole of foot faces inward.
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| Supination | External rotation of forearm, causing palm to face anteriorly.
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| Pronation | Internal rotation of the forearm causing palm to face posteriorly.
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