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Chapter 6 Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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Yellow Bone Marrow

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Stores Fat

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Long

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Longer then wide

Femur

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Functions of Skeletal System

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  1. Support
  2. Movement
  3. Protection
  4. Hem
  5. Storage
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Flat

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Thin

Rib

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Short

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Cubic Shaped

Carpals

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Irregular

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Complex Shape

Vertebrae

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Sesamoid

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Enclosed by a tendon

Patella

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Structural Bone

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Small bones located within cranial structures (Joint)

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Ephipeseal Plate

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Area of cartilage were bones grow in length

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Articular Cartilage

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A layer of cartilage covering epiphyses to reduce friction in joints

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Periosteum

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Tough outer covering around bone

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Diaphysis

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Long Shaft

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Medullary Cavity

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Hollow inside of the bone

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Osteogenic Cell

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Unspecialized cells which undergo mitosis to become osteoblasts

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Osteoblasts

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Bone building cells

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Osteocytes

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Bone cells which maintain bone tissue

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Osteoclasts

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Bone destroying cells

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Compact Bone

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Makes up the shaft of all long bones

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Osteon

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Basic unit of compact bone

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Haverisan

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Contains blood vessels and nerves

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Lamella

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Concentric rings of matrix

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Lacunae

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Spaces with contain osteocytes

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Canaliculi

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Canals that link osteocytes to haversian canal

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Spongy Bone

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Contains red bone marrow and makes up the end of long bone

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Red Bone Marrow

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Produces Blood Cells

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Bone Formation

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Ossification

  1. Initially in embryo and fetus
  2. Growth
  3. Remodeling
  4. Repair of fractures
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Intamembraneous

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Bone forms directly in mesenchyme layer (Membrane Like)

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Endocranial

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Forms with hyaline cartilage developed from mesenchyme

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Endocranial Ossification

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  1. Spongy bone is formed

2. Secondary center is deveopled

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30
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Length

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Chondrocytes in the epiphyseal plate divide and increase cartilage layer

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31
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Fontanels

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Area of fibrous connective tissue in infant skulls that are replaced by bones

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Structures

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Immovable joint between the cranial bone in adult

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Sinuses

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Air spaces in cranial bones, lined with mucous membrane

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Sesamoid Bone

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Bones that are connected with tissue

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Trabeculae

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Lattice of bone with spaces between that contain red bone marrow

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36
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Classification

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Cells become osteocytes

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Primary ossification center

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the first area of the bone to start ossifying

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Secondary ossification center

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Area of ossification that appears after the primary ossification center has already appeared

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Remodeling

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Resorption by osteoclasts and deposition by osteoblasts

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40
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Osteoporosis

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A decrease in bone mass which increases the risk of fractures

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41
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Fracture

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Trama to bone Tissue

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Axial Skeleton

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Protection

Skull, sternum, rib, vertebrae

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Appendicular Skeleton

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Movement

Arms, Shoulders, legs, hips

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Male Pelvis

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Heavier

Pubic arch less then 90 degrees

45
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Female pelvis

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Wider and shallower
Pubic arch larger than 90 degree
Female give birth

46
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Female Pelvis

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Wider and shallower
Pubic arch more the 90 degree
Female give birth

47
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Risk Factors for osteoporosis

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Pettie
Women after menopause 
Lack of exercise
Use of cigarette and alcohol 
Family history 
poor diet
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Prevent for osteoporosis

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Plenty of calcium
vitamin D
Weight-bearing exercise 
avoiding cigarette and alcohol 
Estrogen replacement therapy/ other drugs
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Endosteum

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Membrane which lines marrow cavity

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Osteporosis

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A decrease in bone mass which increases the risk of fractures

51
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Steps for healing a fracture

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  1. Inflammatory stage
  2. Reparative Stage
  3. Remodeling stage
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Support

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Structural framework for body

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Movement

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Attachment site for muscles

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Protection

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Protects internal organs

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Hem

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Red bone marrow produces blood cells

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Storage

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Stores calcium, phosphorus, and fat

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Osteomalacia

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New bone formed during remodeling fails to clarify

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Osteomyelitis

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Baterial infection of the bone

59
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Osteogenic sarcoma

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Bone cancer

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Joint

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A point of contact between two bones, cartilage and bones or between teeth and bones

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Fibrous

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Bones held together by fibrous connective tissue

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Cartilaginous

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Bones held together by cartilage

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Synovial

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have a synovial cavity

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Synarthrosis

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An immoveable joint

Skull structure

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Amohiarhrosis

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Slightly moveable joint

Pubic Symphsis

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Diathrosis

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The freely movable joint has a synovial cavity

Knee

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Fibrous Capsule

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Strong flexible layer that attaches to the periosteum

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Synovial Membrane

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Secretes synovial fluid which reduces friction

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Accessory ligaments

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Help connect bone to bone

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Meniscus

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Splits joint cavity into 2 separate areas, helps maintain joint stability

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Bursa

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A sac of synovial fluid located at the friction points in a joint

72
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Arthroscopy

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Surgical examination of joint

73
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Arthroplasty

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Joint replacement

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Planar Joint

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Found between small bones with flat surfaces
Side to side and back to forth movement
Carpals

75
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Hinge Joint

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Convex surfaces of one bone fitting into the concave surface of 2nd bone
back and forth movement
elbow

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Pivot Joint

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Round/ pointed surface of a bone fits in-ring formed by 2nd bone
Movement- Rotation
Atlas- axis joint

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Condyloid Joint

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Oval Shaped
Movement up and down and side to side
Wrist

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Saddle Joint

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Bone surface at joint is saddled shaped
Movement is side to side or up and down
Thumb

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Ball and Socket Joint

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The ball surface of one bone fits into a cuplike depression of 2nd bone
Permits the most movement
Circumduction
Shoulder

80
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Arthritis

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An inflammation of the joints which cause pain and stiffness

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Osteoarthritis

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The articular cartilage on the ends of the bones break down which results in bone rubbing against bone

82
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Gout

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Build up of uric acid in the blood, gets deposited in joints

83
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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the cartilage in joints

84
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Bursitis

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Inflammation of a bursa

85
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Dislocation

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Bone is displaced out of joint cavity

86
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Sprain

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Twisting joint that stretches or tears ligament

87
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Adduction

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Movement away from the midline

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Abduction

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Movement towards the midline

89
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Dorsiflexion

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Flexing the foot

90
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Plantar Flexion

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Pointing the foot

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Extension

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Increasing the angle

92
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Hyperextension

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Extending the joint beyond atomical position

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Flexion

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Decreasing joint angle

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Rotation

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Movement in a circular motion

95
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Circumduction

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Movement of the joint in a circular motion

96
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Supination

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Palm facing up

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Pronation

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Palm facing down

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Eversion

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Turning sole outwards

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Inversion

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Turning sole inwards

100
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Protraction

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Jut foward

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Retraction

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Elevation

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Depression

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Downward Movement

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