Contrasting Muscle Motion

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body

Question 2

Adduction

Answer 2

Movement of a limb towards the midline of the body

Question 3

Flexion

Answer 3

Decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at the joint

Question 4

Extension

Answer 4

Increasing the angle between two bones or the straightening out of a limb

Question 5

Elevation

Answer 5

Raising or lifting a body part (levator - muscle that raises a body part)

Question 6

depression

Answer 6

Act of lowering a body part

Question 7

Rotation

Answer 7

Circular movement around an axis

Question 8

Circumduction

Answer 8

Circular movement at the far end of a limb

Question 9

Rotator muscle

Answer 9

Turns a body part on its axis (ex: humerus)

Question 10

Rotator cuff

Answer 10

Group of muscles and their tendons that hold the head of the humerus securely in place as it rotates within the shoulder joint

Question 11

Supination

Answer 11

Rotating the arm of the leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned forward or upward (carrying a bowl of soup)

Question 12

Pronation

Answer 12

Rotating the arm or leg so that the palm of the hand or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward

Question 13

Dorsiflexion

Answer 13

Bends the foot upward at the ankle

Question 14

Plantar flexion

Answer 14

Bends the foot downward at the foot