Circular movements
Anatomical position, front view
Medial rotation
hand in across the body
Lateral rotation
hand out to the side
Rotation at the
atlas and axis
1
Rotation
the thumb sweeps round
Radius
Ulna
Supination: palm up
palm towards you, thumb out to the side;
radius and ulna parallel
Pronation: palm down
back of the hand towards you, thumb in;
the radius crosses over the ulna
Seen from above: elbow bent, forearm forward
2
Pronation and supination
Circumduction
the hand traces a circle;
the arm sweeps out a cone
3
Circumduction
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