Study Day 4: Movement terms

Question 1

abduction

Answer 1

a movement that moves a limb laterally away from midline

Question 2

adduction

Answer 2

a movement that moves a limb medially towards the body’s midline

Question 3

circumduction

Answer 3

combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction

Question 4

dorsiflexion

Answer 4

ankle movement letting off the car’s gas pedal

Question 5

extension

Answer 5

a movement that straightens or opens a joint

Question 6

flexion

Answer 6

a movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together

Question 7

lateral flexion

Answer 7

when the head or the vertebral column bends laterally to the side

Question 8

lateral (external) rotation

Answer 8

a limb at the shoulder or hip swings away from the midline

Question 9

medial (internal) rotation

Answer 9

a limb at the shoulder or hip turns in toward the midline

Question 10

plantarflexion

Answer 10

ankle movement stepping on a car’s gas pedal

Question 11

pronation

Answer 11

when the radius crosses over the ulna

Question 12

rotation

Answer 12

a movement of the head and the vertebral column along the transverse plane

Question 13

supination

Answer 13

movement bringing the radius and ulna parallel to one another