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In medical terms, flexion means decreasing the angle of a joint.
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Means to bend a limb at the joint?
Flexion is the medical term meaning bent at the joint. The opposite is extension.
What is the medical term meaning hinge joint?
Articulation is the medical term meaning joint. The medical terminology combining form meaning joint is arthro-.
What is the possible movement at the elbow joint?
flexion and extension
What is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint?
Flexion is movement during which the knees or elbows are bent to decrease the angle of the joint
What is The joint that permits only flexion and extension?
Which type of diathrotic joint permits flexion and extension only?
What is the medical term meaning twisting of a joint?
Athetosis is involuntary writhing movement at a joint.Torsion is a general technical word for twisting.Sprain is sometimes the result of twisting of a joint.Athetosis
What is the medical term meaning aspiration of fluid from a joint?
Arthrocentesis is the medical term meaning aspiration of fluid from a joint.
What is the medical term meaning decreasing an angle as in bending a joint?
Flexing is the medical term meaning decreasing an angle as in bending a joint.
Flexion of which joint makes the knuckles prominent?
metacarpophalangeal joint
Decreasing the angle of a joint?
Flexion.
What is the medical term meaning debilitating chronic syndrome of diffuse and or specific muscle joint or bone pain?
Fibromyalgia. Rheumatoid arthritis also involves joint pain, but is not a syndrome.Fibromyalgia is a syndrome of pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance.
What is the elbow call in medical terms?
The antecubital space is the space at the front of the elbow.
