Flexion and extension describe which kind of movement?

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Flexion and extension describe which kind of movement?

Explanation:
Flexion and extension describe bending and straightening at a joint, which changes the angle between two connected bones. Flexion decreases the joint angle (as when you bend the elbow or knee), while extension increases the angle back toward the straight position. This pattern is typical of limb movements, usually in the sagittal plane at hinge-type joints. That’s why bending and extension of a limb best describes these terms. Movement away from the midline is abduction, movement toward the midline is adduction, and rotation is twisting a bone around its long axis.

Flexion and extension describe bending and straightening at a joint, which changes the angle between two connected bones. Flexion decreases the joint angle (as when you bend the elbow or knee), while extension increases the angle back toward the straight position. This pattern is typical of limb movements, usually in the sagittal plane at hinge-type joints. That’s why bending and extension of a limb best describes these terms.

Movement away from the midline is abduction, movement toward the midline is adduction, and rotation is twisting a bone around its long axis.

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