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TEST BANK Chapter 23: Musculoskeletal System PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND HEALTH ASSESSMENT 8TH EDITION JARVIS ,100% CORRECT
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1.	A patient is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks him to move his arm in toward the center of his body. This movement is called: 
 
a.	Flexion. 
 
b.	Abduction. 
 
c.	Adduction. 
 
d.	Extension. 
 
ANS: C 
 
Moving a limb toward the midline of the body is called adduction; moving a limb away from the midline of the body is called abduction. Flexion is bending a limb at a joint; and extension is straightening a limb at a joint. 
 
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