movement direction and position

Question 1

straightening a joint

Answer 1

extension

Question 2

Nearer the point where the limb attaches to the body

Answer 2

proximal

Question 3

bending a joint or decreasing the angle between two bones

Answer 3

flexion

Question 4

father from the point where a limb attaches to the body

Answer 4

distal

Question 5

the movement of a limb toward the midline of the body

Answer 5

adduction

Question 6

the movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle

Answer 6

dorsiflexion

Question 7

referring to the space behind the knee

Answer 7

popliteal

Question 8

toward the front

Answer 8

ventral

Question 9

pertaining to the neck

Answer 9

cervical

Question 10

external reproductive organs

Answer 10

genital

Question 11

the movement that bends the foot downward at the ankle

Answer 11

plantarflexion

Question 12

toward the back

Answer 12

dorsal

Question 13

pertaining to the ankle

Answer 13

tarsal

Question 14

moving a body part away from the midline

Answer 14

abduction

Question 15

the act of lowering a body part

Answer 15

depression

Question 16

a vertical plane that divides the body into unequal left and right portions

Answer 16

sagital

Question 17

divides the body into upper and lower portions

Answer 17

transverse

Question 18

on or close to the side

Answer 18

lateral

Question 19

in front of the elbow

Answer 19

antecubital

Question 20

turning the palm upward

Answer 20

supination

Question 21

rotating a limb so the palm or sole of the foot is turned downward or backward

Answer 21

pronation

Question 22

pertaining to the armpit

Answer 22

axillary

Question 23

pertaining to the femur or thigh

Answer 23

femoral

Question 24

also known as the frontal plane, divides the body into front and back

Answer 24

coronal

Question 25

raising a body part

Answer 25

elevation