Movements of the body

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  • Flexion - bending of the joint/ decreases joint angle
  • Extension - extending joint / increasing joint angle
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  • Abduction- body segment moving away from the body
  • adduction - body segment moving towards the body
  • ex. Jumping Jacks
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  • Supination- rotating wrist out ( palm facing forward )
  • pronation - rotating wrist in ( palm facing backward)
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  • Plantarflexion - Flexing your toes
  • Dorsiflextion - ankle is bent to bring top of the foot closer to the shin
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  • Inversion - standing on outer edge of foot
  • Eversion - standing on inner edge of foot
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  • External - turn body part out away from midline
  • Internal- Turn body in towards the midline
• Circumduction - windmill action ( combo of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction )
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  • elevation- movement up superior
  • depression - movement down inferior
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  • protraction - forward movement (anteriror)
  • retraction - backward movement ( posterior)
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  • opposition - close hand
  • reposition- open hand back to anatomical postion