Talk:Anatomical terms of motion

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Why does "excycloduction" redirect here?

What does it mean? Not mentioned in article. 86.130.41.222 (talk) 15:35, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the delay... this refers to an eye movement - I have changed the redirect to point to the relevant part of that article. --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:14, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Plantar flexion decreases the angle?

"Plantar flexion is the movement which decreases the angle" Shouldn't this be "increases"?

If not, then the page on Soleus_Muscle should be changed because it says "The action of the calf muscles, including the soleus, is plantarflexion of the foot (that is, they increase the angle between the foot and the leg)." Ddunn801 (talk) 22:26, 7 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm pretty sure this is correct as written. Notice it says "the angle between the sole... and the BACK of the leg". I guess you could also say plantar flexion INCREASES the angle, measured at the front, but it's natural and customary to discuss flexion in terms of decreasing angles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.215.34.6 (talk) 01:55, 10 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify the distinction between inversion/eversion and pronation/supination of the foot

Could the difference between inversion/eversion and pronation/supination of the foot please be clarified? As far as I can tell, the definitions given in the article are synonymous with each other:

Pronation of the foot refers to turning of the sole outwards, so that weight is borne on the medial part of the foot.

Eversion is the movement of the sole of the foot away from the median plane.

A similar request was made in #Ankle distinction emphasis needed, but was not discussed or addressed. 109.65.57.127 (talk) 14:22, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. This article calls pronation/supination rotation around of the foot around the axis formed by the lower leg, and inversion/eversion rotation of the foot around the axis formed by the foot itself. However googling for "supination pronation foot hand" (I'm *actually* interested in the difference in terminology here because as far as I can understand it pronation as described feels intuitively - to me - like the opposite direction for hand and foot and I was wondering why) shows that the top few hits appear to universally describe pronation/supination as what is described here as inversion/eversion. So something is clearly wrong somewhere, even if it's just failing to be clear about the details/context of terminology. 82.24.247.127 (talk) 03:07, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Gross movement" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Gross movement. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 17:56, 11 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

motions of joints, not body parts

I believe it is more precise to list anatomical terms of motions in terms of the motions of the joints, not the body parts. Furthermore, the motion is references from the anatomical position. There is no mention of either of these in this article. I teach anatomy, and students get very confused if these two points are not specified. Is it worth rewriting this to clarify? As it stands, I can't refer to this article for my course. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick Ams (talk • contribs) 11:14, 29 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]