Lab 5: Joints and Muscles (Quiz 6) Flashcards
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Abduction
Movement of the body part closer to midline (shoulder/hip)
Adduction
Movement of a body part away from the midline (shoulder/hip)
Circumduction
Allows for 360° motion (Drawing a cone) (shoulder/hip)
Dorsiflection
Decreasing the angle of a joint bending; bending toward a limb (wrist/ankle)
Extension
Increasing the angle of a joint bending (knee/ankle)
Flexion
Reducing angle of a joint (elbow/knee/jaw)
Plantar flexion
Bending away from limb (ankle)
Pronation
Rotation of forearm; palm of hand
Supination
Radius and ulna are parallel
Inversion
Twisting toward the midline
Eversion
Twisting away from the midline
Protraction
Going anterior (jaw)
Retraction
Going posterior (jaw)
Elevation
Going superior (shoulder)
Depression
Going inferior (shoulder)
Rotation
rotate
Opposition
touching thumb with fingers