Pregunta | Respuesta |
flexion | movement that decreases the angle of a joint |
extension | movement that increases the angle of a joint |
hyperextension | movement that increases the angle of a joint beyond 180 degrees |
abduction | movement of a body part away from the midline |
adduction | movement of a body part toward the midline |
elevation | movement that raises a bone vertically |
depression | movement that lowers a bone vertically |
protraction | movement of a bone anteriorly |
retraction | movement of a bone posteriorly |
lateral excursion | movement of the jaw sideways to the right or left |
medial excursion | movement of the jaw back to the midline from the right or left |
circumduction | movement in which one end of an appendage remains relatively stationary and while the other end makes a circulation motion |
rotation | movement that twists a bone on its longitudinal axis |
supination | rotation of the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly in anatomical positions |
pronation | rotation of the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly |
opposition | movement of the thumb to touch the fingertips |
reposition | movement of the thumb from touching the fingertips back to anatomical position |
dorsiflexion | raising of the toes or foot upward |
plantar flexion | extension of the toes or foot so that they point downward |
inversion | raising the sole of the foot medially |
eversion | raising the sole of the foot laterally |
lever | elongated, rigid object that rotates around a fixed point |
fulcrum | the fixed point that an elongated, rigid object rotates around |
first-class lever | lever in which the fulcrum is in the middle |
second-class lever | lever in which the resistant is in the middle |
third-class lever | lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and resistance |
temporomandibular joint | articulation of the condyle of the mandible with mandibular fossa of the temporal bone |
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