Movements

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

Bending a joint or decreasing the angle between two bones

Question 2

Extension

Answer 2

Straightening a joint or increasing the angle between two bones

Question 3

Abduction

Answer 3

Moving a body part away from the midline of the body

Question 4

Adduction

Answer 4

Moving a body part towards the midline of the body

Question 5

Supination

Answer 5

Turning the arm or foot upward

palm or sole of the foot or hand up ( like you are holding a bowl of soup)

Question 6

Pronation

Answer 6

Turning the arm or foot downward
palm or sole of arm or foot down

Question 7

Retraction

Answer 7

Moving a part backward

Question 8

Protraction

Answer 8

Moving a part forward

Question 9

Elevation

Answer 9

Raising a part

Question 10

Depression

Answer 10

Lowering a part

Question 11

Rotation

Answer 11

Turning on an axis

Question 12

Circumduction

Answer 12

Tri-planar, circulation motion at the hip or shoulder

Question 13

External rotation

Answer 13

rotation of the hip or shoulder away from the midline

Question 14

Internal rotaion

Answer 14

Rotation of the hip or shoulder toward the midline

Question 15

Lateral flexion

Answer 15

Side bending left or right

Question 16

Inversion

Answer 16

Turning the sole of the foot inward

Question 17

Eversion

Answer 17

Turning the sole of the foot outward

Question 18

Dorsiflexion

Answer 18

Ankle movement bringing the foot towards the shin

Question 19

Plantarflexion

Answer 19

Ankle movement pointing the foot downward