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Radial flexion of the wrist joint
🔵 The image shows the hand moving laterally toward the radius (thumb side), indicated by the green arrow.
🔵 This movement is known as radial flexion (also called radial deviation), which occurs at the radiocarpal joint (wrist joint).
🔵 Radial flexion decreases the angle between the thumb side of the hand and the forearm radius, moving the hand sideways.
🔵 The muscles responsible include the flexor carpi radialis and extensor carpi radialis longus & brevis.
🔵 The correct anatomical movement illustrated is radial flexion of the wrist joint.
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