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When you bring any of your fingers in contact with your thumb, this movement is called __________.

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Answer: Opposition

Explanation: The saddle joint between metacarpal I of the thumb and the trapezium allows a movement called opposition;the action taken when you touch your thumb to the tips of the other fingers on the same hand. It is opposition that makes the human hand such a fine tool for grasping and manipulating objects.

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