Human Anatomy
Human Anatomy
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Author: Marieb, Elaine Nicpon, Brady, Patricia, Mallatt, Jon
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The comparison of flexion and extension with adduction and abduction.

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Synovial joints allow wide variety of movements in the human body. These movements include gliding, angular, and rotational movements. The angular movement causes a change in the angle between two bones. Rotation involves movement around the long axis of a bone, and gliding involves the movement of a bone across the surface of another bone.

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