Joint Movement

Question 0

Adduction

Answer 0

Movement toward the midline of the body; usually in the frontal plane

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Horizontal abduction

Answer 2

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 3

Horizontal adduction

Answer 3

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 4

Internal (medial) rotation

Answer 4

Rotation in the transverse plane toward the midline of the body

Question 5

External (lateral) rotation

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Lateral flexion (right or left)

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Rotation

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Elevation

Answer 8

Movement of the scapula superiorly in the frontal plane

Question 9

Depression

Answer 9

Movement of the scapula inferiorly in the frontal plane

Question 10

Retraction

Answer 10

Movement of the scapula TOWARD the spine in the frontal plane

Question 11

Protraction

Answer 11

Movement of the scapula AWAY from the spine In the frontal plane

Question 12

Upward rotation

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Downward rotation

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Circumduction

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Radial deviation

Answer 15

Abduction of the wrist in the frontal plane

Question 16

Ulnar deviation

Answer 16

Adduction of the wrist in the frontal plane

Question 17

Opposition

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Eversion

Answer 18

Abducting the ankle

Question 19

Inversion

Answer 19

Adducting the ankle

Question 20

Dorsiflexion

Answer 20

Flexing the ankle so that the foot moves anteriorly in the Sagittal plane

Question 21

Plantarflexion

Answer 21

Extending the ankle so that the foot moves posteriorly in the Sagittal plane

Question 22

Pronation (foot/ankle)

Answer 22

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

Question 23

Supination (foot/ankle)

Answer 23

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