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Terms of movement
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Total cards: 14•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
flexion
Back (Answer)
Decreasing angle with frontal plane
#2
Front (Question)
Extension
Back (Answer)
Increasing angle with frontal plane
#3
Front (Question)
Abduction
Back (Answer)
Moving away from sagittal plane
#4
Front (Question)
Adduction
Back (Answer)
Moving towards sagittal plane
#5
Front (Question)
Protraction
Back (Answer)
Moving forward along surface
#6
Front (Question)
Retraction
Back (Answer)
Moving backward along surface
#7
Front (Question)
Elevation
Back (Answer)
Raising a structure
#8
Front (Question)
Depression
Back (Answer)
Lowering a structure
#9
Front (Question)
Medial rotation
Back (Answer)
Towards the midline
#10
Front (Question)
Lateral rotation
Back (Answer)
Rotating movement away from midline
#11
Front (Question)
Pronation
Back (Answer)
Facing palm backward
#12
Front (Question)
Supination
Back (Answer)
Facing palm forward
#13
Front (Question)
Circumduction
Back (Answer)
Combined movements of flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, medial and lateral rotation
#14
Front (Question)
Opposition
Back (Answer)
Bringing tips of fingers and thumb together as in picking something up