Movements

Question 1

plantar flexion

Answer 1

pointing the toes down

Question 1

opposition

Answer 1

touching thumb to the tips of the other fingers on the same hand

this is what lets us grasp and manipulate objects

sets us apart from the animals

Question 2

rotation

Answer 2

turning a bone on its own axis

only movement allowed in atlas and axis

also common at hip and shoulder joints

Question 2

moving a limb so that it describes a cone in space

Answer 2

circumduction

Question 2

lifting a body part superiorly

e.g. lifting scapulae when shrugging

Answer 2

elavation

Question 2

touching thumb to the tips of the other fingers on the same hand

this is what lets us grasp and manipulate objects

sets us apart from the animals

Answer 2

opposition

Question 3

flat bone glides or slips over another without angulation/rotation. goes back and forth or side to side. occurs at intercarpal and intertarsal joints and between vertebrae

Answer 3

gliding

Question 3

moving an elevated body part inferiorly

e.g. when the mandible goes down during chewing

Answer 3

depression

Question 4

hyperextension

Answer 4

continuing straightening movements beyond the anatomical position

Question 5

adduction

Answer 5

moving toward the body or toward the midline of hand or foot

Question 5

nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane

e.g. bringing your jaw back to your face

Answer 5

retraction

Question 7

flexion

Answer 7

bending movement that decreases the ange of the joint and bring articulating bones closer together.

e.g. bending body trunk or knee from straight to angled position

Question 8

movement of radius around the ulna

forearm rotates medially and the palm faces posteriorly or inferiorly

moves distal end of radius across the ulna so the two bones form an X

a “pro” baseketball player does this to dribble the ball

Answer 8

pronation

Question 9

nonangular anterior movement in a transverse plane

e.g. pushing jaw out

Answer 9

protraction

Question 11

protraction

Answer 11

nonangular anterior movement in a transverse plane

e.g. pushing jaw out

Question 12

pointing the toes down

Answer 12

plantar flexion

Question 14

abduction

Answer 14

moving away from the midline or median plane of the body

e.g. raising arm laterally or spreading fingers apart

Question 15

retraction

Answer 15

nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane

e.g. bringing your jaw back to your face

Question 16

pronation

Answer 16

movement of radius around the ulna

forearm rotates medially and the palm faces posteriorly or inferiorly

moves distal end of radius across the ulna so the two bones form an X

a “pro” baseketball player does this to dribble the ball

Question 17

the sole of the foot turns laterally

move outward

Answer 17

eversion

Question 19

moving away from the midline or median plane of the body

e.g. raising arm laterally or spreading fingers apart

Answer 19

abduction

Question 19

supination

Answer 19

movement of radius around the ulna

rotation forearm laterally so the palm faces anteriorly or superiorly

Question 20

eversion

Answer 20

the sole of the foot turns laterally

move outward

Question 21

movement that increases the angle between articulating bones and sraightens a flexed limb

Answer 21

extension

Question 22

turning a bone on its own axis

only movement allowed in atlas and axis

also common at hip and shoulder joints

Answer 22

rotation

Question 24

gliding

Answer 24

flat bone glides or slips over another without angulation/rotation. goes back and forth or side to side. occurs at intercarpal and intertarsal joints and between vertebrae.

Question 25

sole of the foot turns medially

move inward

Answer 25

inversion

Question 26

lifting the foot so its superior surface approaches the skin

Answer 26

dorsiflexion

Question 27

moving toward the body or toward the midline of hand or foot

Answer 27

adduction

Question 29

dorsiflexion

Answer 29

lifting the foot so its superior surface approaches the skin

Question 30

inversion

Answer 30

sole of the foot turns medially

move inward

Question 31

elavation

Answer 31

lifting a body part superiorly

e.g. lifting scapulae when shrugging

Question 33

depression

Answer 33

moving an elevated body part inferiorly

e.g. when the mandible goes down during chewing

Question 34

movement of radius around the ulna

rotation forearm laterally so the palm faces anteriorly or superiorly

Answer 34

supination

Question 35

extension

Answer 35

movement that increases the angle between articulating bones and sraightens a flexed limb

Question 36

circumduction

Answer 36

moving a limb so that it describes a cone in space

Question 37

bending movement that decreases the ange of the joint and bring articulating bones closer together.

e.g. bending body trunk or knee from straight to angled position

Answer 37

flexion

Question 38

continuing straightening movements beyond the anatomical position

Answer 38

hyperextension