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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Motor Activity > Pronation
Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Pronation
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena > Movement > Motor Activity > Pronation

Preferred term

Pronation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Note

  • refers to foot or forearm; do not confuse with PRONE POSITION

Scope note

  • Applies to movements of the forearm in turning the palm backward or downward. When referring to the foot, a combination of eversion and abduction movements in the tarsal and metatarsal joints (turning the foot up and in toward the midline of the body).

History note

  • 88

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011403

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