synovial joint movements

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contracting muscles produce bone movements at synovial joints

synovial joint movements

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gliding

one bone surface across another

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angular movements

increase/decrease the angle between two bones

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flexion

decreases angle

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extension

increases angle

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hyperextension

bending beyond straight position

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aBduction

movement AWAY from the body midline

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aDduction

movement toward the body midline

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circumduction

moving in a circle

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rotation

medial/lateral, turning movement of a bone around its own axis