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MOVEMENTS ,BONES
MOVEMENTS BONES
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2006

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FLEXION
Definition
THIS MOVEMENT WOULD INVOLVE MOVING YOUR ARM FORWARD AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE BODY OR MOVING YOUR LOWER LEG UP AND BENT BACK BEHIND THE BODY
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EXTENSION
Definition
AN EXTETION MOVEMENT WOULD INVOLVE STRECHING YOU ARMS BACK BEHING YOUR BACK OR YOUR LEG BEHIND YOU WITHOUT BENDING YOUR KNEE
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GLIDING
Definition
THAT WOULD BE THE MOVEMENT INVOLVED IN MOVING YOUR HAND FROM SIDE TO SIDE
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ABDUCTION
Definition
ABDUCTION (MOVING AWAY ) AS IN MOVING YOUR ARMS AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY LIKE RAISING YOUR ARMS INFRONT OF YOU
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ADDUCTION
Definition
ADDUCTION ( MOVING TOWARDS) THIS WOULD BE THE ACT OF LOWERING YOUR ARMS BACK TO YOUR SIDE AFTER RAISING THEM IN FRONT OF YOU
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CIRCUMDUCTION
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THIS WOULD BE THE ACT OF MOVING YOUR ARMS AROUND IN A CIRCLE ALSO CALLED DESCRIBING A CONE IN SPACE
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ROTATION
Definition
TURNING A BONE AROUND IT'S OWN AXIS
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GLIDING ( TRANSLATION )
Definition
ONE FLAT OR NEARLY FLAT BONE MOVES ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE OTHER AS IN WAVING YOUR HAND LEFT TO RIGHT
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ELEVATION
Definition
AS IN CLOSING YOUR MOUTH RAISING YOUR LOWER JAW UP TO CLOSE YOUR MOUTH
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DEPRESSION
Definition
AS IN LOWERING YOUR LOWER JAW TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH
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SUPINATION AND PRONATION
Definition
SUPINATION MEANS TO TURN BACK AS IN TURNING BACK YOUR HAND TO REVEAL THE PALM PRONATION WOULD BE TO TURN YOUR HAND BACK OVER SO YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE BACK OF YOUR HAND WHEN YOU DO THIS IT CAUSE THE ULNA AND RADIUS TO CROSS OVER EACH OTHER AND FORM AN X
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INVERSION
Definition
THIS WOULD BE THE ACT OF TURNING YOUR FOOT INWARD A BAD HABIT OF MINE WHEN i SIT AT THE DESK AND THEN MY ANKLE HURTS WHEN I GET UP
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EVERSION
Definition
THIS WOULD BE THE ACT OF TURNING YOUR FOOT OUTWARD AWAY FRON THE MIDLINE
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OPPOSITION
Definition
THIS IS THE ACT OF BEING ABLE TO PRESS YOUR THUMB AND YOUR FINGERS TOGETHER ONLY MAN HAS APOSSABLE THUMBS VERY HANDY
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PROTRACTION AND RETRACTION
Definition
THIS WOULD BE THE ACT OF UTTING OUT YOUR CHIN (PROTRACTION ) THE ACT OF PULLING IT BACK IN IS CALLED RETRACTION
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ACROMEGALY
Definition
THE BONES CONTINUE TO GROW ON THE ENDS CAUSE LARGE DEPOSITS ON THE ENDS OF THE BONES
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ARTHRITIS
Definition
AN INFLAMATION OF THE JOINTS THE MAIN KINDS ARE OSTEOARTHRITHIS , RHEUMATOID (AN ATOUIMMUNE DISEASE ) GOUTY , AND ANKLOSING SPODYLITIS
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OSTEO ARTHRITIS
Definition
WEAR AND TEAR IS THE MAIN CAUSE MOST PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS
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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Definition
THIS IS AN OUTOIMMMUNE DISEASE THE TAGS OF THE SYNOVIAL JOINT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED PROPERLY AND ARE ATTACKED BY THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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ANKLOSING SPONDYLITIS
Definition
THIS IS ALSO AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE IT'S A VARIATION OF RA AND IS MORE COMMON IN MEN IT SETS UP HOUSE IN THE SPINAL COLUMN
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GOUTY ARTHRITIS
Definition
GOUTY ARTHRITIS IS A METOBOLIC PROBLEM IT IS A LACK OF ENZYMES TO PROCESS CERTIAN REACTIONS CAUSES A BUILD UP OF CYRSTALS IN SOFT TISSUE
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LYME DISEASE
Definition
THIS IS A BACTERIA CARRY BY TICKS . A RED RASH WILL APPEAR NEAR BITE THEN MONTHES LATER ALL OR MANY OF THE JOINTS WILL BEGIN TO HURT CAN BE TREATED WITH ANTIBIOTICS
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