Planes & Angular Movements

Question 1

Angular movements

Answer 1

Increase or decrease in angle between bones

Question 2

Flexion

Answer 2

Decreasing the angle of a joint

Question 3

Extension

Answer 3

Increase the angle of a joint

Question 4

Lateral flexion

Answer 4

Movement of trunk in frontal plane

Question 5

Hyperextension

Answer 5

Extension beyond anatomical position

Question 6

Abduction

Answer 6

The movement of the bone away from the midline

Usually in frontal plane

Question 7

Adduction

Answer 7

Movement of the bone toward the midline

Usually in frontal plane

Question 8

Circumduction

Answer 8

Flexion, abduction, extension, adduction, and the rotation in succession; distal end of body part moves in circle

Question 9

Rotation

Answer 9

Bone revolves around its own longitudinal axis

Head side to side

In limbs, maybe medial towards midline or lateral away from the midline

Question 10

Elevation

Answer 10

Superior movements of a body part

Shoulders up

Question 11

Depression

Answer 11

inferior movement of a body part

Shoulders down

Question 12

Protraction

Answer 12

Anterior movement of body part in transverse plane

Question 13

Retraction

Answer 13

Posterior movement of body part in transverse plane

Question 14

Inversion

Answer 14

Medial movement of sole

Question 15

Eversion

Answer 15

Lateral movement of sole

Question 16

Dorsiflexion

Answer 16

Decreasing the angle of the ankle joint

Question 17

Plantar flexion

Answer 17

Increasing the angle of the ankle joint

Question 18

Supination

Answer 18

Movement of the forearm that turns palm anteriorly

Question 19

Pronation

Answer 19

Movement of the forearm that turns palm posteriorly

Question 20

Opposition

Answer 20

Movement of thumb across palm to touch fingertips on the same hand

Question 21

Anatomical position

Answer 21

Standard position (facing observer, palms forward)

Question 22

Erect position

Answer 22

Upright position

Question 23

Supine position

Answer 23

Lying face up

Question 24

Prone position

Answer 24

Lying face down

Question 25

Lateral recumbent position

Answer 25

Lying on side

Question 26

Transverse plane

Answer 26

Divides body into superior and inferior portions (upper & lower)

Question 27

Frontal (coronal) plane

Answer 27

Divides body or organ into anterior & posterior view (front and back)

Question 28

Median/Mid Sagittal plane

Answer 28

Through the midline (equal left and right sides)

Question 29

Para-sagittal plane

Answer 29

Divides the body or organ in uneven left and right sides

Question 30

Sagittal plane

Answer 30

Vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into left and right sides