Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0356 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Pronation
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The idea
Pronation is rotation of the forearm so the palm turns downward or backward.
In practice
Turning the palm down onto a table is pronation.
Where people slip
Supination and pronation are opposites, and match supine and prone in direction.
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