Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0353 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Abduction
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The idea
Abduction is a movement carrying a body part away from the midline.
In practice
Raising the arm out to the side is abduction.
Where people slip
A term differing by one letter names the opposite movement.
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