Showing Your Palm to Someone Who Is in Front of You

question 16

Multiple Choice

Showing your palm to someone who is in front of you, as if to tell them "Stop," requires

• A) dorsiflexion of the hand.
• B) hyperextension of the wrist.
• C) abduction of the wrist.
• D) flexion of the wrist.
• E) hyperextension of the metacarpophalangeal joints.

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