terms for anatomical movements
Last reviewed 01/2018
A number of terms are used to describe anatomical movement or resiting:
- flexion
- extension
- lateral flexion
- abduction
- adduction
- opposition
- reposition
- anteversion
- inversion
- eversion
- supination
- pronation
- protraction
- retraction
- elevation
- depression
- circumduction
- rotation
- orthograde
- retrograde
- prolapse
- herniation