Anatomical Terms Part 2

Question 1

What is abduction?

Answer 1

Moving a limb away from the medial line of the body

Question 2

What is adduction?

Answer 2

Moving a limb towards the medial line of the body

Question 3

What is flexion?

Answer 3

Decreasing the angle of a joint (bending)

Question 4

What is extension?

Answer 4

Increasing the angle of a joint (straightening)

Question 5

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 5

Decreasing the angle of the ankle joint

Question 6

What is plantar-flexion?

Answer 6

Increasing the angle of the ankle joint

Question 7

What is elevation?

Answer 7

Moving a body part in a superior direction

Question 8

What is depression?

Answer 8

Moving a body part in an inferior direction

Question 9

What is eversion?

Answer 9

Pointing the sole of the foot away from the other

Question 10

What is inversion?

Answer 10

Pointing the sole of the foot towards the other

Question 11

What is pronation?

Answer 11

Rotating the forearm so that the palm faces down

Question 12

What is supination?

Answer 12

Rotating the forearm so that the palm faces up

Question 13

What is retraction?

Answer 13

A posterior movement of the arm at the shoulder

Question 14

What is protraction?

Answer 14

An anterior movement of the arm at the shoulder

Question 15

What is rotation?

Answer 15

When a bone turns on its own axis within a joint

Question 16

What is circumduction and when is it possible?

Answer 16

When a limb moves in a circular fashion, which is only possible at a ball/socket joint

Question 17

What is lateral rotation?

Answer 17

Rotating a limb away from the medial line of the body

Question 18

What is medial rotation?

Answer 18

Rotating a limb towards the medial line of the body

Question 19

What is lateral flexion?

Answer 19

Bending the spine to the side, away from the medial line of the body