Body Movements

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

a bending motion that decreases the angle between bones (such as bending the fingers close to the hand)

Question 2

Extension

Answer 2

Straightening motion that increases the angle between bones (as in straightening the fingers to open the hand)

Question 3

Abduction

Answer 3

movement away from the midline of the body (as in moving the arm straight out to the side)

Question 4

Rotation

Answer 4

a twisting or turning of a bone on its own axis

Question 5

Supination

Answer 5

the act of turning the palm up or forward

Question 6

Inversion

Answer 6

the act of turning the sole inward, so that it faces the opposite foot

Question 7

Eversion

Answer 7

the act of turning the sole outward, away from the body (foot)

Question 8

Pronation

Answer 8

the act of turning the palm down or backward

Question 9

Dorsiflexion

Answer 9

the foot is bent upward at the angle, narrowing the angle between the leg and the top of the foot

Question 10

Plantarflexion

Answer 10

pointing the toe downward, flexing the arch of the foot

Question 11

Adduction

Answer 11

movement toward the midline of the body (as in bringing the arm back to its original position beside the body)

Question 12

Elevation

Answer 12

Upward movement of structures of the body

Question 13

Depression

Answer 13

Downward movements of structures of the body

Question 14

Protraction

Answer 14

movement anteriorly, or forward

Question 15

Retraction

Answer 15

movement posteriorly, or backward