Anatomical terms of movement

Question 1

What is Flexion

Answer 1

Bending or decreasing the angle between bones or parts of the body

Question 2

What is Extension?

Answer 2

Stretching/streightening or increasing the angle between body parts

Question 3

What is adduction?

Answer 3

Bringing a bone or part of the body closer to the body (toward the midline in the coronal plane)

Question 4

What is abduction

Answer 4

Moving a distal part of the body more distally (away from the midline)

Question 5

What is the midline in the coronal plane of the hands and toes?

Answer 5

1. Hands: Middle finger
2. Toes: Second toe

Question 6

What is rotation?

Answer 6

Revolving a body part along its longitudinal axis

Question 7

What is medial and lateral roation?

What are other synonyms used?

Answer 7

1. Medial:(Internal)
   
   • Bringing the anterior surface of a body part closer to the midline
2. Lateral (External)
   
   • Bringing the anterior surface of a body part forther away of the midline

Question 8

What is circumduction?

Answer 8

A combination of flexion/extension and abduction/adduction so that the distal part of the upper limb moves in a circle

Question 9

What is opposition?

Answer 9

Bringing the pad of the thumb towards the pad of another digit

Question 10

What is Protraction?

Answer 10

Anterior Movement of A body part

Question 11

What is Retraction?

Answer 11

Posterior Movement of A body Part

Question 12

What is elevation?

Answer 12

Bringing a body part upwards

Question 13

What is Depression?

Answer 13

Movement of a body part inferiorly

Question 14

What is Pronation?

Answer 14

Rotation of the forearm so that the palm faces posteriorly (or inferiorly if in the supine position)

Question 15

What is Supination?

Answer 15

Rotation of the forearm along its long axis so that the palm faces anteriorly