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Bending the joint to make the angle between the two shoulder with your right hand, bones smaller. Occurs in the sagittal plane. Straightening a joint to If you straighten your legs, the make the angle larger. Knees have undergone extension (extended). Movement apart, your legs are in abduction occurs in the coronal plane. (abducted). If you sqeeze your knees together, you are adducting your legs. Internal rotation rotation of a limb
Bending the joint to make the angle between the two shoulder with your right hand, bones smaller. Occurs in the sagittal plane. Straightening a joint to If you straighten your legs, the make the angle larger. Knees have undergone extension (extended). Movement apart, your legs are in abduction occurs in the coronal plane. (abducted). If you sqeeze your knees together, you are adducting your legs. Internal rotation rotation of a limb
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Bending the joint to make the angle between the two shoulder with your right hand, bones smaller. Occurs in the sagittal plane. Straightening a joint to If you straighten your legs, the make the angle larger. Knees have undergone extension (extended). Movement apart, your legs are in abduction occurs in the coronal plane. (abducted). If you sqeeze your knees together, you are adducting your legs. Internal rotation rotation of a limb
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Medical Terms of Movement/Motion
Term Description Example Flexion Bending the joint to make When you touch your right the angle between the two shoulder with your right hand, bones smaller. Occurs in the your elbow is in flexion (flexed). sagittal plane. Extension Straightening a joint to If you straighten your legs, the make the angle larger. knees have undergone Occurs in the sagittal plane. extension (extended). Abduction Moving away from the When you stand with your feet median plane. Movement apart, your legs are in abduction occurs in the coronal plane. (abducted). Adduction The opposite of abduction. If you sqeeze your knees together, you are adducting your legs. Lateral Flexion A movement in the coronal If you tilt you head to touch plane used to describe a your ear to your shoulder, you movement of the spine. have laterally flexed your neck. Internal Rotation Rotation of a limb where You internally rotate your the anterior surface of the shoulder when you scratch your limb moves medially. back. External The opposite of internal You externally rotate your hip Rotation rotation. when you point your feet out to the side. Circumduction A circular motion Making circles in the air with combining flexion, your arms. extension, abduction and adduction. Supination A movement of the forearm When screwing in a screw with in which the palm faces a screwdriver using your right posteriorly. hand, you have to supinate your forearm. Pronation A movement of the forearm When unscrewing a screw with in which the palm faces your right hand, you must anteriorly. pronate your forearm. Protraction Moving anteriorly. Sticking your chin out. Retraction Moving posteriorly. Pushing your shoulders back to squeeze your shoulder blades together. Opposition Movement of the hand where the thumb touches the 5th finger. Dorsiflexion Movement of the ankle in When you point your foot the sagittal plane which towards your head. decreases the angle between the foot and the lower leg Plantar Flexion Movement of the ankle in When you stand on 'tip-toes' the sagittal plane which your ankles are in increases the angle between plantarflexion. the foot and the lower leg Elevation Upward movement When shrugging your shoulders you elevate them Depression Opposite to elevation
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