Terms of movement

Question 1

flexion

Answer 1

bending or decreasing the angle between two body parts

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

straightening or increasing the angle between two body parts

Question 3

abduction

Answer 3

moving away from the median plane

Question 4

adduction

Answer 4

moving toward the median plane

Question 5

rotation

Answer 5

moving around the longitudinal axis of a body part

Question 6

circumduction

Answer 6

a circular movement combining flexion, extension, abduction and adduction.

Question 7

eversion

Answer 7

moving the sole of the foot away from the median plane

Question 8

inversion

Answer 8

moving the sole of the foot towards the median plane

Question 9

supination

Answer 9

rotating the forearm and hand laterally so that the palm faces anteriorly

Question 10

pronation

Answer 10

rotating the forearm and hand medially so that the palm faces posteriorly

Question 11

protusion

Answer 11

moving a part of the body anteriorly (as in sticking the chin out)

Question 12

retrusion

Answer 12

moving a part of the body posteriorly (as in tucking in the chin)