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Flashcards by gina_evans0312, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by gina_evans0312
about 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Flexation | Decrease in joint angle |
| Extension | Increase in joint angle |
| Abduction | Movement away from the midline (increase laterally) |
| Adduction | Movement towards the midline (moving medially) |
| Lateral Roation | Rotation away from midline (usually of a joint) |
| Medial rotation | Rotation towards the midline (usually a joint) |
| Tonic | Sustatined contraction with no relaxation period |
| Eccentric | Lengthening of muscle (controlled relaxation) |
| Concentric | Shortening of muscle |
| Isomeric | Contraction with no movement involved |
| Pronation | Moving palms into prone postion (palms facing up) |
| Supination | Movement of palm to supine position (facing down) |
| Circumduction | Circular rotation |
| Plantiflection | Flexation of feet inferiorly |
| Dorsiflection | Flexation of feet superiorly |
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