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Terminology
Term
Horizontal Abduction
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Chapter 5 — Directional Terms, Body Planes, and Regions
HOR
horizontal abduction
movement
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ovement of the arm away from the midline, or posterior, when at shoulder level
Related movements
abduction
adduction
eversion
inversion
flexion
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