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| erect elbows fully extended, palms facing forward, arms at sides, feet slightly separated and parallel |
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| decreasing between body parts |
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| straightening of a bent part or increasing an angle |
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| when the body part is flexed beyond the vertical |
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| when the body part is extended past beyond the starting position or beyond the body |
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| away from mid line of the trunk, arm raised horizontally lateral |
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| adding it back to the mid line, medial |
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| circular movement of a limb. describes a cone. combination of flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, |
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| rotary movement around the longitudinal axis of a bone. away from the midline of the body. transvers plane. lateral rotation. |
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| rotary movement around longitudinal axis of a bone towards the midline. medial rotation. |
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| oblique or diagonal abduction |
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| movement of a limb through a combination of planes. away form the midline. |
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| internally rotation the distal 3/4 of the radius across the stationary ulna resulting in the palms down position |
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| externally rotating the distal 3/4 of the radius across the ulna resulting in the palms up position |
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| an upward movement of the entire scapula. vertebral border remains parallel to spinal column. shoulder shrug |
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| return from position of elevation |
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| movement of the scapula away form the spine. abduction of the scapula |
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| movement of the scapula towards the spine. adduction of the scapula. position of attention |
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| upward rotation of the scapula |
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| rotary movement of the scapula with the inferior angle moving laterally and upward |
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| downward rotation of the scapula |
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| rotary movement of the scapula with the inferior angle moving medially and downward |
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| a turning of the scapula on its frontal axis so that the posterior surface faces slightly upwards and the inferior angle protrudes from the back. occurs only in conjunction with the hyperextension of the shoulder |
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| side bending. movement of the head and trunk laterally away from the midline. abduction of the spine |
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| return of the spinal column to the anatomic position from lateral flexion. adduction of the spine. |
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| anterior movement of the spine. |
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| head moves towards the chest |
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| thorax moves toward the pelvis |
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| return from flexion. posterior movement of the spine |
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| head moves away form the chest |
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| lumbar extension and hyperextension |
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| thorax moves away from the pelvis |
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| left or right. rotary movement of the spine in the transverse plane. chin rotates from neutral towards the shoulder, and the thorax rotates to one side. |
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| return movement from lateral flexion to neutral |
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| (L. ring) fibrosis wall of the vertebral discs |
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| (l. kernal) (l. flesh) a gelatinous substance surrounded by the annulus fibrosis. acts as a shock absorber |
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| turning the sole of the foot outward or laterally |
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| turning the sole of the foot inward or medially |
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| movement of the ankle that results in the top of the foot moving forwards the anterior tibia |
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| movement of the ankle that results in the foot and toes moving away form the body |
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| the anterior aspect of the hand moves towards the anterior aspect of the antebrachium |
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| dorsi flexion or wrist extension |
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| posterior aspect of the hand moves toward the posterior aspect of the antebrachium |
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| Radial flexion or radial deviation |
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| abduction movement. hand moves towards the radius |
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| ulnar flexion and ulnar deviation |
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| adduction movements. hand moves towards the ulna |
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| oblique movement of the thumb across the palmer surface of the hand to contact the fingers |
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| oblique movement of the thumb as it returns to the anatomical position from oppostition of the fingers |
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| nearer the front of the body. anterior aspect referred to as the palmer surface of the hand. ventral is interchangeable with anterior |
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| neared the back of the body. gluteal region is located on the posterior aspect of the body. term dorsal is interchangeable with posterior. |
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| l. relating to the middle or center |
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| often terms are combined to better indicate a location on a structure. |
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| (l. next) nearer the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure |
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| (l. distant) far from the point of the attachment to the trunk or farm from the beginning of a structure |
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| on the same side of the body |
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| opposite side of the body |
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| (l. incline forward) lying on the belly face down |
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| (l. lying on the back) lying on the back, face up |
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| (l. hollow) having a spherically (g. globe) depressed or hollow surface |
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| (l. vaulted, arched) curved evenly, resembling the segment of a sphere |
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| defined as the displacement of a bone from its normal position |
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| (l. dislocation) classification of dislocation defined as a complete dislocation, presenting a total disunion of between bone articulating surfaces |
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| classification of dislocation defined as a partial dislocation in which an incomplete separation occurs between bone articulating surfaces |
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