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Movement

Medical Definition: The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior.
Guide Notes: the physiol process of an organism in moving one or more parts: do not confuse with LOCOMOTION (see note there) or MOTION, a concept of physics or MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior; animal running in exercise wheel is probably MOTOR ACTIVI
Movement Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Flight, Animal
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Head Movements - Voluntary or involuntary motion of head that may be relative to or independent of body; includes animals and humans.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Locomotion - Movement or the ability to move from one place or another. It can refer to humans, vertebrate or invertebrate animals, and microorganisms.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Pronation - Applies to movements of the forearm in turning the palm backward or downward or when applied 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).
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Supination - Applies to the movements of the forearm in turning the palm forward or upward and when applied to the foot, a combination of adduction and inversion of the foot.

Movement Medical Definitions and Terms

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