Anatomic Movements Flashcards
What movement decreases the angle of a joint?
Answer: Flexion.
What movement increases the angle of a joint?
Answer: Extension.
Extension.
What is it called when a joint is extended beyond 180 degrees?
Hyperextension.
What movement brings a body part toward the median plane?
Answer: Adduction.
What movement takes a body part away from the median plane?
Abduction.
What movement moves a structure cranially?
Protraction.
What movement moves a structure caudally?
Retraction.
Question: What movement raises a structure dorsally?
Elevation.
What movement lowers a structure ventrally?
Depression.
What movement rotates the thoracic limb medially?
Supination.
What movement rotates the thoracic limb laterally?
Pronation.
What movement rotates the pelvic limb medially?
Inversion.
What movement rotates the pelvic limb laterally?
Eversion.
What movement describes a circular motion of a part around its long axis?
Rotation.
What movement describes a combined circular motion involving flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction?
Circumduction.
