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angular movement

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angular movement
Etymology: L, angularis, sharply bent
one of the four basic movements allowed by the various joints of the skeleton. It is a movement in which the angle between two adjoining bones is decreased, as in flexion, or increased, as in extension. Compare circumduction, gliding, rotation.


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