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Does hyperextension bend a joint in the opposite direction as flexion?
Yes, extension is always in the opposite direction as flexion. Hyperextension means straightening a joint beyond it's normal range.
What is dorsa flexion?
Dorsi flexion is the movement of bringing your foot up towards your knee. The opposite movement is planter flexion which is moving your foot away from your knee as if standing on your tip toes.
What is the word to describe arm or leg movement the body?
*Flexion is term used to describe the movement around or at joints in arm or leg, e.g pulling action reduce the angle in elbow joint, *Opposite of this movement is extension e.g pushing something with arms bend at elbow.
Is seated rows a flexion or extension?
flexion
What is the possible movement at the elbow joint?
flexion and extension
What is the medical term meaning movement that is opposite flexion?
Extension is the opposite of flexion.
What is the opposite of dorsiflexion?
The opposite of dorsiflexion is plantar flexion.
The opposite of extension?
contract shorten shrink sever
What is the opposite of hyper extension?
Well if hyperextension is a type of extension then the opposite of extension is flexion and I'm not sure you can get hyperflexion, so it's probably just flexion.
Does hyperextension bend a joint in the opposite direction as flexion?
Yes, extension is always in the opposite direction as flexion. Hyperextension means straightening a joint beyond it's normal range.
What is the difference between the movements flexion and extension?
Flexion is the movement of your extremities bending inward Extension is when they bend outward
What is dorsa flexion?
Dorsi flexion is the movement of bringing your foot up towards your knee. The opposite movement is planter flexion which is moving your foot away from your knee as if standing on your tip toes.
Does hyperextension bend a joint in the direction as flexion?
Yes, extension is always in the opposite direction as flexion. Hyperextension means straightening a joint beyond it's normal range.
How can the term flexion apply to opposite movement of the foot?
The bending of the foot at the ankle has been argued which movenment is flexion and which extendtion. So to avoid arguemnet both lifting and lowerng the foot at the ankle was termed flexion. Dorsiflexion and plantarflexion respectively.
What is the definition of lateral flexion?
Lateral flexion usually refers to the spine, or vertebral column. You can laterally flex your head, neck, or your torso (back). =answer= Lateral direction is away from the midline of the body (an imaginary line from the middle of your node to your belly button). Flexion is the opposite to extension where the angle between anterior surfaces is decreased (as you being then closer together by 'bending') - except for the knee where the opposite is true. Lateral flexion is therefore a combination of there two movements.
What are action in using the sternocleidmastoid muscle?
Individually rotation of the head to the opposite side. Together , flexion of the neck.
Means to bend a limb at the joint?
Flexion is the medical term meaning bent at the joint. The opposite is extension.
