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- movement along the sagittal plane that decreases the angle between two bones
- flexion
- movement along the frontal plane, away from the body midline; raising the arm laterally
- abduction
- circular movement around the longitudinal bone axis; shaking the head "no"
- rotation
- slight displacement or slipping of bones, as might occur between the carpals of the wrist
- gliding
- describing a cone-shaped pathway with the arm
- circumduction
- lifting or raising a body part; shrugging the shoulders
- elevatoin
- moving the hand into a palm-up (or forward) position
- supination
- movement of the superior aspect of the foot toward the leg, standing on the heals
- dorsiflexion
- turning the sole of the foot medially
- inversion
- movement of a body part anteriorly; jutting the lower jaw forward
- protraction