Anatomical Movements

Question 1

Describe anatomical position

Answer 1

-body is erect
-feet slightly apart
-palms face forwards
-thumbs point away from the body

Question 2

define inversion

Answer 2

rotation of ankle to turn the sole of the foot inwards towards midline

Question 3

define plantar flexion

Answer 3

increasing the angle between the top of the foot and shin

Question 4

define supination of the hand

Answer 4

rotating the forearm so that the palm is facing upwards

Question 5

define pronation of the hand

Answer 5

rotating the forearm so the palm faces downwards

Question 6

define elevation

Answer 6

moving part of the body superiorly

Question 7

define depression

Answer 7

moving part of the body inferiorly

Question 8

Define dorsiflexion

Answer 8

ankle and foot
decreasing the angle between the top of the foot and shin

Question 9

define circumduction

Answer 9

movement of a limb, hand or fingers in a circular pattern
-flexion, adduction, extension, abduction

Question 10

define adduction

Answer 10

moving a limb towards the midline of the body

Question 11

define abduction

Answer 11

moving a limb away from the midline of the body

Question 12

Define rotation

Answer 12

rotating a limb away from or towards the midline of the body

Question 13

define extension

Answer 13

increasing the angle of a joint
-straightening

Question 14

define flexion

Answer 14

decreasing the angle of a joint- bending it

Question 15

define distal

Answer 15

furthest from the point of attachment of a limb to body trunk
(knee is distal to the thigh)

Question 15

define proximal

Answer 15

Close to the point of attachment of a limb to body trunk
(elbow is proximal to the wrist)

Question 16

define intermediate

Answer 16

between a medial and lateral structure

Question 16

define lateral

Answer 16

away from the midline of the body

Question 17

Define medial

Answer 17

towards the midline of the body

Question 18

define posterial

Answer 18

towards the back of the body

Question 19

define anterior

Answer 19

towards the front of the body

Question 20

define inferior

Answer 20

away from the head

Question 21

define refraction

Answer 21

posterior movement
(throwing shoulders back)

Question 22

Define eversion

Answer 22

rotation of the ankle to turn the sole of the foot outwards, away from the midlien.

Question 22

define protraction

Answer 22

anterior movement
-to front
(shoulder hunch)

Question 23

Define ipsilateral

Answer 23

same side of the body

Question 24

define superficial

Answer 24

towards the surface of the body

Question 24

define deep

Answer 24

away from the body surface

Question 24

describe the antero-posterior axis

Answer 24

movement from side to side e.g jumping jacks

Question 24

Describe the horizontal axis

Answer 24

a forwards or backwards movement- walking

Question 25

Describe longitudinal axis

Answer 25

rotations that occur in the transverse plane

Question 26

define oblique anatomical plane

Answer 26

a plane that has an angle that cuts diagonally between horizontal and vertical planes

Question 27

define contralateral

Answer 27

opposite side of the body

Question 28

define superior

Answer 28

towards the head

Question 29

what’s the transverse plane?

Answer 29

separates the superior and inferior sections

Question 30

what’s the coronal plane?

Answer 30

divides the body into posterior and anterior parts

Question 31

what is the saggital plane?

Answer 31

divides the body into the left and right side/ medial and lateral

Question 32

name the three cardial planes

Answer 32

-sagittal
-coronal
-transverse