Chapter 17 Definitions

Question 1

fine motor control

Answer 1

specific control of the muscles allowing for completion of small, delicate tasks

Question 2

supination (forearm)

Answer 2

movement at the radioulnar joints allowing for the palm to turn upward, as if holding a bowl of soup

Question 3

pronation (forearm)

Answer 3

movement at the radioulnar joints allowing for the palm to be turned downward

Question 4

clawhand

Answer 4

positioning characteruzed by hyperextension of the metacarpophalangeal joints and flexion of the middle and distal phalanges resulting from trauma to the median and ulnar nerves