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Synovial Movement Types

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Synovial joints produce movement types including flexion and extension, abduction and adduction, rotation, and, at specialized joints, supination, pronation, and opposition.

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Turning the palm face-up is supination; turning it face-down is pronation, both at the same forearm joint.

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Not every synovial joint permits every movement type — a joint's shape determines which motions it allows.