Terms of Motion

Question 1

movement which decreases the angle between two body parts

Answer 1

flexion

Question 2

movement that increases the angle between two body parts

Answer 2

extension

Question 3

upward motion of foot towards your tibia (flex your foot)

Answer 3

dorsiflexion

Question 4

downward motion of foot away from your lower leg (point your toes)

Answer 4

plantar flexion

Question 5

upward (superior) movement of a body part

Answer 5

elevation

Question 6

downward (inferior) movement of a body part

Answer 6

depression

Question 7

movement where the sole of the foot is rolled outward

Answer 7

eversion

Question 8

movement where the sole of the foot is rolled inward

Answer 8

inversion

Question 9

body segment’s rotational motion where the end of the segment traces a circle

Answer 9

circumduction

Question 10

rotating the wrist to the thumb (or radial bone) side

Answer 10

radial deviation

Question 11

rotating the wrist to the little finger (or ulnar side)

Answer 11

ulnar deviation

Question 12

body part moves away from the midline

Answer 12

abduction

Question 13

body parts moves towards the midline

Answer 13

adduction

Question 14

outward (lateral) rotation of a body segment away from the midline (rotate leg out)

Answer 14

lateral rotation

Question 15

inward (medial) rotation of a body segment towards the midline (rotate leg in)

Answer 15

medial rotation

Question 16

medial rotation of the forearm (palm down)

Answer 16

pronation

Question 17

lateral rotation of the forearm (palm up)

Answer 17

supination

Question 18

backward movement of a body segment past anatomical position in the sagittal plane

Answer 18

retraction

Question 19

forward movement of a body segment away from anatomical position in the sagittal plane

Answer 19

protraction

Question 20

bending movement of a body part in the lateral direction i.e. sideways, concerns mainly torso or neck, can be right or left (oblique stretches)

Answer 20

lateral flexion

Question 21

extension past the normal anatomical position

Answer 21

hyperextension

Question 22

thumb movement that brings the tip of the thumb in contact with the tip of a figner

Answer 22

opposition