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What are supination and pronation?

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An example of supination would be turning the hand so the palm is upward, and pronation is turning of the hand so the palm is facing posteriorly.
Pronation derives from prone ... lying down on your face.

Thus pronation is the act of turning face down (e.g. putting your palm down on a table)

Supination is the opposite act.
Supination is a position of either the forearm or foot; in the forearm when the palm faces anteriorly, or faces up while pronation refers to the inward roll of the foot during normal motion and occurs as the outer edge of the heel strikes the ground and the foot rolls inward

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An example of forearm pronation is turning your palm down to pour liquid out of container. An example of forearm supination is turning your palm up to catch a snowflake in your hand.

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