Joint Movements

Question 1

abduction

Answer 1

movement away from a central reference point

Question 2

adduction

Answer 2

movement toward a central reference point

Question 3

lateral rotation

Answer 3

turning a bone or limb around its long axis laterally or away from the midline

Question 4

medial rotation

Answer 4

turning medially toward midline

Question 5

flexion

Answer 5

usually a movement that decreases a joint’s angle

Question 6

extension

Answer 6

usually a movement that increases a joint’s angle

Question 7

hyperextension

Answer 7

forced extension beyond its normal range of motion

Question 8

elevation

Answer 8

lifting superiorly (shrugging shoulders)

Question 9

depression

Answer 9

movement or a portion of the body inferiorly

Question 10

pronation

Answer 10

rotation of radius about ulna, causing hand to face posteriorly

Question 11

supination

Answer 11

causes palm to face anteriorly

Question 12

circumduction

Answer 12

movement in space that circumscribes a circle or cone about a joint

Question 13

dorsiflexion

Answer 13

lifting the foot at the ankle joint (like extension of wrist)

Question 14

plantarflexion

Answer 14

downward movement of foot at ankle (like wrist flexion)

Question 15

eversion

Answer 15

movement of the sole of the foot laterally

Question 16

inversion

Answer 16

movement of the sole of the foot medially

Question 17

retraction

Answer 17

posterior displacement of a portion of the body without a change in angular movement

Question 18

protraction

Answer 18

anterior displacement of a portion of the body without a change in angular movement

Question 19

lateral flexion

Answer 19

movement of a part of the body laterally

Question 20

opposition

Answer 20

thumb movement that bring the tip of the thumb to the tip of a finger