Joint Actions

Question 1

Scapula

Answer 1

Elevation, depression, abduction (protraction), adduction (retraction), upward rotation, downward rotation, circumduction

Question 2

Glenohumeral joint

Answer 2

flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal (medial) rotation, external (lateral) rotation, horizontal abduction, horizontal adduction

Question 3

Elbow

Answer 3

flexion, extension, supination, pronation

Question 4

Wrist

Answer 4

flexion, extension, abduction (radial deviation), adduction (ulnar deviation)

Question 5

Thumb and fingers

Answer 5

flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, opposition (thumb only)

Question 6

Hip

Answer 6

flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal (medial) rotation, external (lateral) rotation, circumduction

Question 7

Knee

Answer 7

flexion, extension, internal (medial) rotation, external (lateral) rotation

Question 8

Toes

Answer 8

flexion, extension

Question 9

Spinal

Answer 9

flexion, extension, lateral flexion, lateral rotation

Question 10

Degrees of freedom?

Answer 10

amount of planes the joint can move in