Movements of the limbs

Question 1

What is flexion?

Answer 1

Bending or decreasing the angle between bones or parts of the
body

Question 2

What is extension?

Answer 2

Straightening or increasing the angle between bones or parts of
the body

Question 3

What is abduction?

Answer 3

Moving the distal part away from the midline in the coronal

plane

Question 4

What is adduction?

Answer 4

Moving the distal part towards the midline in the coronal plane

Question 5

What is retraction?

Answer 5

a posterior movement of a body part

Question 6

What is elevation?

Answer 6

movement of a body part superiorly

Question 7

What is depression?

Answer 7

movement of a body part inferiorly

Question 8

What is supination?

Answer 8

Rotation of the forearm along its long axis so that the palm faces anteriorly

Question 9

What is pronation?

Answer 9

Rotation of the forearm along its long axis so that the palm faces posteriorly

Question 10

What is considered the midline of the hand and foot?

Answer 10

The “midline” of the hand is the middle finger, and in

the foot is the second toe