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159

As used herein, “flexion” refers to the act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of extension. (Search "flexion" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2021. Web. Accessed 8 Dec. 2021. Modified.) Flexion may include the act of moving parts of a joint from an unflexed or extended state to a nonextended or flexed state and may be expressed in terms of degrees of the flexion and/or extension. The range of degrees available to express the state of extension and/or flexion may depend on the range of motion for a particular joint. As used herein, “extension” refers to the act of unbending a joint, especially a bone joint. The counteraction of flexion. (Search "flexion" on wordhippo.com. WordHippo, 2021. Web. Accessed 8 Dec. 2021. Modified.) Extension may include the act of moving parts of a joint from a flexed state to an extended state and may be expressed in terms of degrees of the extension and/or flexion. The range of degrees available to express the state of extension and/or flexion may depend on the range of motion for a particular joint. As used herein, a "tension" refers to a force that is applied to both ends of a thin elongated structure. For example, a ligament such as a lateral collateral ligament may experience tension due to how the ligament is attached to a femur bone and tibia bone and stretched during flexing of the knee joint.

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