Question

Describe the difference between supination & pronation, circumduction & rotation, contraction & relaxation,

adduction & abduction.

Answer 1

Supination means that when you walk, your weight tends to be more on the outside of your foot. Pronation means that when you walk, your weight tends to be more on the inside of your foot. An easy way to remember the difference is that supination has the term “up” in it.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Supination and pronation are used to describe the up or down orientation of your hand. When your palm or forearm faces up, it’s supinated. When your palm or forearm faces down, it’s pronated.

Circumduction is when the limb moves in a circle and rotation is when the limb turns around its long axis, like using a screwdriver.

Contraction is when you flex/activate your muscle so it stiffens, and relaxation is when your muscle is at rest.

Abduction is movement away from the midline of the body, and adduction is a movement towards the midline of the body