Movement Terms

Question 1

What movement is lateral carrying away of a body part away from the midline?

Answer 1

Abduction

Question 2

What type of movement is the medial movement of a body part toward the midline?

Answer 2

Adduction

Question 3

What type of movement brings about a decrease in the angle of a joint?

Answer 3

Flexion

Question 4

What type of movement brings about an increase in the angle of a joint?

Answer 4

Extension

Question 5

What type of movement increases the angle of a joint beyond anatomical range?

Answer 5

Hypertension

Question 6

What type of movement occurs when the trunk of the body moves in a coronal plane laterally?

Answer 6

Lateral flexion

Question 7

What type of movement is a sequence of movements in which the proximal end remains relatively stationary while the distal end makes a circular motion?

Answer 7

Circumduction

Question 8

What type of movement is a pivoting motion in which a bone turns on its own long axis?

Answer 8

Rotation

Question 9

What type of movement is a pivoting motion in which a bone turns on its own long axis so that the anterior surface moves laterally?

Answer 9

Lateral rotation

Question 10

What type of movement is a pivoting motion in which a bone turns on its own long axis so that the anterior surface moves medially?

Answer 10

Medial rotation

Question 11

What type of movement is the inferior movement of a body part?

Answer 11

Depression

Question 12

What type of movement is the superior movement of a body part?

Answer 12

Elevation

Question 13

What type of movement occurs when the dorsum of the foot moves so that the angle between it and the limb decreases?

Answer 13

Dorsiflexion

Question 14

What type of movement occurs when the ankle joint moves to point the toes inferiorly?

Answer 14

Plantar flexion

Question 15

What type of movement occurs when the intertarsal joints are moved to turn the sole of the foot medially?

Answer 15

Inversion

Question 16

What type of movement occurs when the intertarsal joints are moved to face the sole of the foot laterally?

Answer 16

Eversion

Question 17

What type of movement occurs so that the palm of the hand is directed posteriorly or inferiorly?

Answer 17

Pronation

Question 18

What type of movement occurs so that the palm of the hand is directed anteriorly or superiorly?

Answer 18

Supination

Question 19

What type of movement occurs when a body part moves anteriorly in a horizontal plane?

Answer 19

Protraction

Question 20

What type of movement occurs when a body part moves posteriorly in a horizontal plane?

Answer 20

Retraction

Question 21

What movement occurs when the thumb moves toward the palmar tips of the fingers?

Answer 21

Opposition

Question 22

What movement occurs when the thumb moves away from the palmar tips of the fingers?

Answer 22

Reposition