MUSCLE MOVEMENTS Flashcards
Movement away from the midline
Abduction
DECREASE IN ANGLE BETWEEN BONES
Flexion
MOVEMENT TOWARD MIDLINE
Adduction
TURN BONE ON AXIS TURNING ANTERIOR MEDIALLY. HEAD FACING FORWARD
Medially internal rotation
PALM ANTERIOR OR UPWARD
Supination
TOES POINT TOWARD SKULL. DIG HEELS IN
Dorsiflexion
PALM POSTERIOR OR DOWN
Pronation
RAISING BONE TO TOP OF SKULL. CHIN UP
Elevation
TURN SOLE OUTWARD. STAND ON INSIDE OF FOOT
Eversion
POINT TOES AWAY FROM SKULL. STEP ON GAS PEDAL
Plantar Flexion
TURN BONE ON AXIS TURNING ANTERIOR LATERALLY. TURN HEAD SIDE TO SIDE
Lateral external rotation
INCREASE IN ANGLE BETWEEN BONES
Extension
ROTATING FINGER/ SHOULDER
Circumduction
SOLE INWARD. SOLES STAND ON OUTSIDES TO FACE INWARD
Inversion
THUMB TOWARD PALM OF HAND. TOUCH THUMB TO EACH FINGER
Opposition