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When a muscle moves an entire limb away from the body it is an abductor, although there is no single name for all muscles that abduct. If a muscle increases the angle of a joint it is called an extensor. An extensor muscle and an abductor muscle are not to be mistaken. If you reach for something with your hand, without moving your torso, you are extending your elbow (extending your arm would be if you reached upwards from a position when your arm was by your side). On the other hand, abducting your arm would be reaching forward or out to the side.
The opposite of abduction is adduction. The correct definition of abduction is the movement of a body part away from your body's center line. Your body's center line is basically an imaginary line extending straight down the middle of your body.
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What type of joint movement occurs when a muscle moves a limb toward the mid line of the body?
Abduction is when a body part moves away from the midline.
What a is sideways movement of a limb?
The sideways movement of a limb is called abduction or adduction. Abduction is moving a limb away from the body's midline, while adduction is bringing a limb closer to the body's midline.
Which type of muscle is mainly responsible for the movement of blood throughout the body?
cardiac muscle and smooth muscle of arteries and of course the skeletal muscles surrounding the veins (in lower limb for example).
Which word indicates moving a limb away from the body?
Abduction
What is the parts of the body that is mostly active during exercise?
the lungs (or if muscle workout, the limb in question)
Does the abductor let r limb away from r body?
yes ADDuctor adds it to our body, ABDUCTor abducts (takes it away) from our body
What body parts that work in pairs to help your body?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
Muscle connecting lower and upper limb?
The muscle is, Lattisimus dorsi, connected with upper limb at the bicipital groove and with lower limb at illiac crest.
What is demonstrate abduction?
Demonstrate is a verb, not a noun. Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a limb away from the median sagittal plane of the body. You would demonstrate it by moving a limb away from the median sagittal plane of the body.
Body parts that works in pair to help your body to move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
What body parts that works in pair to help your body to move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
What body parts that work in pairs to help your body move?
The muscles can only pull, not push. So, to move a limb, one muscle relaxes while the other muscle pulls.
