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. What is this movement called?

A) Flexion
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Extension

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Aidil Huang · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : C, Explanation :  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.

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. What is this movement called?

A) Flexion
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Extension

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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. What is this movement called?A) FlexionB) AbductionC) AdductionD) Extension

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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. What is this movement called?

A) Flexion
B) Abduction
C) Adduction
D) Extension