Movement In Planes

Question 1

Movement of trunk in sagittal plane

Answer 1

• Flexion
• Extension
• Hyperextension

Question 2

Movement of trunk in coronal/ frontal plane

Answer 2

• Abduction
• Adduction
• Circumduction
• Lateral flexion

Question 3

Movement of part of body around its long axis

Answer 3

• Medial rotation
• Lateral rotation
• Elevation and depression
• Protraction and retraction
• Inversion and eversion
• Dorsiflexion and plantar flexion
• Supination, pronation and opposition

Question 4

Name 3 movement planes.

Answer 4

1. Sagittal plane
2. Coronal/ frontal plane
3. Long axis