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Flexion refers to a movement that decreases the angle between two body parts. Extension refers to a movement that increases the angle between two body parts.
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Separating the body into a left half and a right. Make movements with the transverse plane. Rotational movements.
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Is a movement away from the midline.
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Separate the body in a front half and a back. Makemovements with the frontal or coronal plane. Adduction and abduction.
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Medial and lateral rotation describe movement of the limbs around their long axis: Lateral rotation is a rotating movement away from the midline. Medial rotation is a rotational movement towards the midline. It is sometimes referred to as internal rotation.
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Imaginary point in a body of matter where, the total weight of the body may be be concentrated.
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Anatomical plane that divides the body into superior and inferior portions
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Separating the body into an upper half and a lower. Make movements in the sagittal plane. Flexion and extention.
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Plane that divides the body in a right half and other left
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A joint capsule is a sheath composed by fibrous tissue that surround a joint a Mobile joint (for example , thefinger joint or knee joint ). The articular capsule is solid and has elastic properties .
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Plane that divides the body in a ventral half and other dorsal or posterior and anterior portions.
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The ligament is a fibrous connective tissue which attaches bone to bone, and usually serves to hold structures together and keep them stable
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Set of fibrous bands arranged parallel to each other, bright white and very resistant to traction.Its function is to join muscles to bones.
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Tissue composed by fibers that have the abilityto contract and relax.The muscle the function to effect the corporal movement.
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Any of the cordlike bundles of nervous tissue made up of myelinated orunmyelinated nerve fibers and held together by a connective tissuesheath through which sensory stimuli and
