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Movements And Terms Flashcards

1
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Anatomical Position

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Standing with hands forward

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Flexion

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Bending a joint decreasing the angle with the bones

Ex. Shoulder flexion when raise arm forward

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Extension

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Straightening the limb at the joint

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4
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Adduction

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Moving parts of the body towards the medial of the body

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Abduction

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Parts moved away from the body

Ex. Spreading fingers

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Pronation

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Rotation of forearm and hand with hands facing down

Ex. Right hand counterclockwise

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Supination

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Rotation of forearm and hand with hands facing up

Ex. Right Clockwise

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Inversion

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Twisting foot inward at the ankle with the sole of the foot turned inward

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Eversion

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Bending the foot so the sole of the foot is facing outward

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Depression

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Lowing a body part yield to gravity when standing

Ex. Dropping shoulders

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Elevation

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Raising a body part

Ex. Shrugging your shoulder

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12
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Doris Flextion

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Bringing toes towards the shin

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13
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Plantar Flexion

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Pointing your toes

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14
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Medial

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Move toward the middle of the body

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Lateral

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Move away from the midline of the body

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Anterior

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Move toward the front

17
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Posterior

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Move toward the back

18
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Superior

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Movement upwards

19
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Interior

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Movement downwards

20
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Superficial

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On or near the surface

21
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Deep (profound)

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Distant from the surface of the body

22
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Proximal

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Near the beginning point of attachment closer to the starting point toward the middle of the body

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Distal

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Furthest from stated point or from a point of attachment

24
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Protraction

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Moving the shoulder forward

25
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Retraction

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Drawing the shoulders back

26
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Circumduction

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Combination of abduction, adduction, flextion and extension

Ex. Arm or leg circle

27
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Sagittal

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Cut that divides the body into left and right portions

28
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Frontal

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Divides the body into front and back

29
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Tranverse

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Upper and lower section

30
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Finger Movements

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Flexion (curled)
Extension (straight)
Adduction (together)
Abduction (spreading)

31
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Thumb Movements

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Flexion (bending across palm)
Extension (hitch hiker)
Abduction (sky when elbow flexed to 90)
Opposition (touch tips)

32
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Axis on Planes

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Point that the body moves/spins around

Perpendicular to plane

33
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Sagittal Plane

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Axis is medial-lateral (ML) or horizontal axis

34
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Frontal Plane

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Axis is anterior-poster (AP) axis

35
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Transverse Plane

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Axis is longitudinal axis

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