A student was demonstrating that because of an injury she was only able to turn her...

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A student was demonstrating that because of an injury she wasonly able to turn her hand over (supinate) half as far as herfriends were able. As a child she fractured her left forearmthrough the midshaft of the radius, although the ulna was spared.Why would this cause her to not be able to turn her hand over asfar as her friends are able to do?

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Supination and pronation are movements which occur at the radioulnar joint The muscles producing these movements are attached to the forearm bones and are responsible for the    See Answer
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