MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM

Question 1

The simplest type of joint movement. The bones are merely displaced in relation to one another

Answer 1

Gliding

Question 2

Bending movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones to close together

Answer 2

Flexion

Question 3

Increases the angle between the articulating bones.

Answer 3

Extension

Question 4

Bending of a joint beyond 180 degrees

Answer 4

Hyperextension

Question 5

Flexion of the ankle so that the superior aspect of the foot approaches the shin

Answer 5

Dorsiflexion

Question 6

Extension of the ankle (pointing the toes)

Answer 6

Plantar flexion

Question 7

Movement of a limb away from the midline or median plane of the body, along the frontal plane.

When the term is used to describe the movement of the fingers or toes, it means spreading them apart

Answer 7

Abduction

Question 8

The movement of a limb toward the body midline

Bringing the fingers close together is adduction

Answer 8

Adduction

Question 9

The movement in which the limb describes a cone in space

Answer 9

Circumduction

Question 10

The turning movement of a bone around its own long axis

Answer 10

Rotation

Question 11

Refers to the movements of the radius around the ulna.

Movement of the forearm so that the palm faces anteriorly or superiorly is called…

Answer 11

Supination

Question 12

Refers to the movements of the radius around the ulna.

The palm moves to face posteriorly or inferiorly

Answer 12

Pronation

Question 13

The sole of the foot is turned medially

Answer 13

Inversion

Question 14

The sole faces laterally

Answer 14

Eversion

Question 15

A nonangular anterior movement in a transverse plane

Answer 15

Protraction

Question 16

A nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane

Answer 16

Retraction

Question 17

Lifting or moving superiorly along a frontal plane

Answer 17

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