Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0351 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Flexion
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The idea
Flexion is a movement decreasing the angle at a joint.
In practice
Bending the elbow is flexion.
Where people slip
Flexion describes the direction of a movement, not its force.
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