Chapter 9 Part 2

Question 1

flexion

Answer 1

movement that decreases the angle of a joint

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

movement that increases the angle of a joint

Question 3

hyperextension

Answer 3

movement that increases the angle of a joint beyond 180 degrees

Question 4

abduction

Answer 4

movement of a body part away from the midline

Question 5

adduction

Answer 5

movement of a body part toward the midline

Question 6

elevation

Answer 6

movement that raises a bone verically

Question 7

depression

Answer 7

movement that lowers a bone vertically

Question 8

protraction

Answer 8

movement of a bone anteriorly

Question 9

retraction

Answer 9

movement of a bone pasteriorly

Question 10

lateral excusion

Answer 10

movement of the jaw sideways to the right or left

Question 11

medial excursion

Answer 11

movement of the jaw back to the midline from the right of left

Question 12

circumduction

Answer 12

movement in which one end of an appendage remains relatively stationary while the other end makes a circular motion

Question 13

rotation

Answer 13

movement that twists the bone on it’s longitudinal axis

Question 14

supination

Answer 14

rotation of the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly in anatomical position

Question 15

pronation

Answer 15

rotation of the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly

Question 16

opposition

Answer 16

movement of the thumb to touch the fingertips

Question 17

reposition

Answer 17

movement of the thumb from touching the fingertips back to the anatomical position

Question 18

dorsiflexion

Answer 18

raising of the toes or foot upward

Question 19

plantar flexion

Answer 19

extension of the toes or foot so that they point downward

inverson

Question 20

inversion

Answer 20

raising the sole of the foot medially

Question 21

eversion

Answer 21

raising the sole of the foot laterally

Question 22

lever

Answer 22

elongated, rigid objects that rotates around a fixed point

Question 23

fulcrum

Answer 23

the fixed point that the elongated, rigid object rotates around

Question 24

first class lever

Answer 24

lever which the filcrum is in the middle

Question 25

second class lever

Answer 25

lever in which the resistance is in the middle

Question 26

third class lever

Answer 26

lever in which the effort is applied between the fulcrum and resistance

Question 27

temporomandibular joint

Answer 27

articulation of the condyle of the mandible with mandibular fossa of the temporal bone