Examples of abduction in the following topics:
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- There are several different types of angular movements, including flexion, extension, hyperextension, abduction, adduction, and circumduction.
- Examples of abduction include moving the arms or legs laterally to lift them straight out to the side.
- Movement of the limbs inward after abduction is an example of adduction.
- Moving the limb or hand laterally away from the body, or spreading the fingers or toes, is abduction.
- Adduction/abduction and circumduction take place at the shoulder, hip, wrist, metacarpophalangeal, and metatarsophalangeal joints.