4.2 Joint and Movement Type

Question 1

Types of movement of synovial joints

Answer 1

Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, pronation, supination, elevation, depression, rotation, circumduction, dorsi flexion, plantar flexion, eversion and inversion

Question 2

Frontal Plane

Answer 2

Cuts the body front from back

Question 3

Sagittal Plane

Answer 3

Cuts the body left from right

Question 4

Transverse Plane: Cuts the body top to bottom

Answer 4

Cuts the body top to bottom

Question 5

Anteroposterior Axis

Answer 5

Going from front to back

Question 6

Transverse Axis

Answer 6

Going from left to right

Question 7

Vertical Axis

Answer 7

Going from top to bottom

Question 8

Flexion

Answer 8

Closing of the joint angle around the transverse axis at the joint

Question 9

Extension

Answer 9

Opening of a joint angle around the transverse axis at the joint

Question 10

Abduction

Answer 10

Opening of the joint angle around the anteroposterior axis at the joint

Question 11

Adduction

Answer 11

Closing of the joint angle around the anteroposterior axis at the joint

Question 12

Medial (inwards) Rotation

Answer 12

The anterior surface of the moving bone moves towards the medial (inside) aspect of the body

Question 13

Lateral (outwards) Rotation

Answer 13

The anterior surface of the moving bone moves towards the lateral (outside) aspect of the body

Question 14

Pronation

Answer 14

Medial rotation of the radioulnar joint (not wrist joint) or foot

Question 15

Supination

Answer 15

Lateral rotation of the radioulnar joint (not wrist joint)

Question 16

Elevation

Answer 16

Movement in a superior direction

Question 17

Depression

Answer 17

Movement in a inferior direction

Question 18

Rotation

Answer 18

Moving around an axis

Question 19

Circumduction

Answer 19

Circling of a body segment

Commonly occurs at: shoulder, hip, wrist, ankle, thumb - means it requires at least a biaxial joint

Question 20

Dorsi Flexion

Answer 20

Flexion of the ankle joint (move the foot up and down in the sagittal plane)

Question 21

Plantar Flexion

Answer 21

Extension of the ankle joint

Question 22

Eversion

Answer 22

Movement of the sole of the foot away from the median plane

Question 23

Inversion

Answer 23

Movement of the sole towards the median plane

Question 24

Types of muscle contraction

Answer 24

Isotonic, isometric, isokinetic, concentric

and eccentric