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What is the name of the movement when you shrug your shoulders?
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∙ 13y ago
Elevation of the shoulders.
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What muscle types permit voluntary movement?
flexion = a decrease in the angle between the anterior surface of articulating bones (e.g. bending your head downwards)extension = an increase in the angle between the the anterior surface of articulating bones (e.g. straightening your head again)hyperextension = continuation of extension beyond anatomical position (e.g. bending your head backwards)abduction = movement of the bone away from the midline (e.g. holding your arm out to the side of your body)adduction = movement of the bone towards the midline (e.g. bringing your arm back down against your side)elevation = movement of a body part upwards (e.g. shrugging your shoulders upwards)depression = movement of a body part downwards (e.g. dropping your shoulders)inversion = movement of the sole of your foot inwards at the ankle (e.g. how the foot turns inwards when you sprain your ankle)eversion = movement of the sole of your foot outwards at the ankledorsiflexion = flexion (see above) of the foot at the ankle joint (i.e bending your foot upwards)plantar flexion = extension (see above) of the foot at the ankle joint (i.e. bending your foot downwards)protraction = movement of the mandible/clavicle forwards parallel to the ground (e.g. that pose that models strike with their shoulders forward)retraction = movement of the the mandible/clavicle backwards parallel to the ground (e.g. straightening your shoulders backwards)supination = movement of the forearm so that palm is facing anteriorly (forwards) or superiorly (upwards)pronation = movement of the forearm so that the palm is facing posteriorly (back) or inferiorly (downwards)
Where is the ball and socket joint found in the human body?
A human's shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint.
Which of your movable joints are ball and socket joints?
The shoulder is a ball and socket joint. The hip is also.
What process on the scapula does not articulate with other bone?
The medial border of the scapula is what does not articulate on the scapula with any other bone. It is actually parallel to the vertebrae column and because it does not articulate the arms as well as shoulders have move movement.
Is the head superior to the shoulders?
YesThe head is superior to the shoulders. The head is on top of the shoulders which is connected.
How do you spell shrug?
That is the correct spelling of the term "shrug" (an upward shoulders movement, signifying lack of knowledge or comment).
When was And the Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders created?
And the Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders was created on 1993-10-19.
When you raise your shoulders you what?
You shrug
When you raise your shoulders you?
shrug
What is the name of a garment cut short at front and back covering only arms and shoulders?
SHRUG
Which part of the body does the shrug cover?
shoulders
How do you use the word shrug in a sentence?
He decided to shrug off the insult.With a shrug of her shoulders, she pushed past her ex and carried on shopping.
Womens fur coat for the shoulders?
This is called a "shrug".
What is the gallic shrug?
The gallic shrug is a French gesture. Stick out your lower lip and raise your eyebrows and shoulders.
How is the word shrug used in a sentence?
The miners would shrug off their fatigue and continue to dig in hopes of freeing their trapped comrades.When asked why he had done it, the suspect simply gave a shrug of his shoulders by way of reply.
What part of speech is shrugged?
The word shrug is a verb. It can also be a noun as in a lifting of the shoulders.
A shoulder movement that implies a listless attitude?
Shrug
