After spraining your finger in a research paper-related mishap, you manage to submit your files with seconds to spare, so you decide to wind down by watching your favorite cartoon. In this episode, the main characters take up boxing, but they’re terrible at it; they spin their arms in wide circles centered around their shoulder joints. What term describes this pin wheeling motion?

a. hyperextension
b. adduction
c. circumduction
d. dorsiflexion


c. circumduction

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