CH3 - Joint Movement

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

Movement resulting in a decrease of the joint angle, usually moving anterior in the sagittal plane.

Question 2

Extension

Answer 2

Movement resulting in an increase of the joint angle, usually moving posteriorly in the sagittal plane.

Question 3

Abduction

Answer 3

Movement away from the midline of the body, usually in the frontal plane.

Question 4

Adduction

Answer 4

Movement toward the midline of the body, usually in the frontal plane.

Question 5

Horizontal Abduction

Answer 5

Movement away from the midline of the body in the transverse plane, usually used to describe horizontal humerus movement when the shoulder is flexed at 90 degrees.

Question 6

Horizontal Adduction

Answer 6

Movement toward the midline of the body in the transverse plane, usually used to describe horizontal humerus movement when the shoulder is flexed at 90 degrees.

Question 7

Internal (medial) rotation

Answer 7

Rotation in the transverse plane toward the midline of the body.

Question 8

External (lateral) rotation

Answer 8

Rotation in the transverse plane away from the midline of the body.

Question 9

Lateral Flexion (right or left)

Answer 9

Movement away from the midline of the body in the frontal plane, usually used to describe neck and trunk movement.

Question 10

Rotation (right or left)

Answer 10

Right or left rotation in the transverse plane, usually used to describe neck and trunk movement.

Question 11

Elevation

Answer 11

Movement of the scapula superiorly in the frontal plane.

Question 12

Depression

Answer 12

Movement of the scapula inferiorly in the frontal plane.

Question 13

Retraction

Answer 13

Movement of the scapula toward the spine in the frontal plane.

Question 14

Protraction

Answer 14

Movement of the scapula away from the spine in the frontal plane.

Question 15

Upward Rotation

Answer 15

Superior and lateral movement of the inferior angle of the scapula in the frontal plane.

Question 16

Downward rotation

Answer 16

Inferior and medial movement of the inferior angle of the scapula in the frontal plane.

Question 17

Circumduction

Answer 17

A compound circular movement involving flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction, circumscribing a cone shape.

Question 18

Radial deviation

Answer 18

Abduction of the wrist in the frontal plane.

Question 19

Ulnar deviation

Answer 19

Adduction of the wrist in the frontal plane.

Question 20

Opposition

Answer 20

Diagonal movement of the thumb across the palmar surface of the hand to make contact with the fifth digit.

Question 21

Eversion

Answer 21

Abducting the ankle

Question 22

Inversion

Answer 22

Adduction the ankle

Question 23

Dorsiflexion

Answer 23

Flexing the ankle so that the foot moves anteriorly in the sagittal plane.

Question 24

Plantarflexion

Answer 24

Extending the ankle so that the foot moves posteriorly in the sagittal plane.

Question 25

Pronation (foot/ankle)

Answer 25

Combined movements of abduction and eversion resulting in lowering of the medial margin of the foot.

Question 26

Supination (foot/ankle)

Answer 26

Combined movements of the adduction and inversion resulting in raising of the medial margin of the foot.