Terms of movement

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

bringing any part of the body from its location in the anatomical position to a more anterior location

ex: trunk, spine, elbow, knee, shoulder,hip, wrist, tumb

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

bringing any part of the body from its location in the anatomical position to a more posterior location

ex: trunk, spine, elbow, knee, shoulder,hip, wrist, tumb

Question 3

abduction

Answer 3

away from the midline of the body

ex: fingers, thumbs, shoulders

Question 4

adduction

Answer 4

toward the midline

ex: ex: fingers, thumbs, shoulders

Question 5

lateral rotation

Answer 5

rotating away from the midline

Question 6

medial rotation

Answer 6

rotating toward the midline

Question 7

pronation

Answer 7

medial rotation of the forearm

face down/ palms down

Question 8

supination

Answer 8

lateral rotation of the forearm

face up/ palms up

Question 9

eversion

Answer 9

turning the sole of the foot away from the middle of the body

Question 10

inversion

Answer 10

turning the sole of the foot toward the middle of the body

Question 11

elevation

Answer 11

moving superiorly

Question 12

depression

Answer 12

moving inferiorly

Question 13

circumduction

Answer 13

combined movement of an extremity so that its distal end describes a circle/ oval

ex: shoulder, hip, fingers
ITS IN ALL 3 PLANES

Question 14

opposition

Answer 14

moving the thumbs opposite to the fingers
moving thumb and pinky towards the fingers

uses

1. flexion
2. abduction
3. rotation

Question 15

retrusion

Answer 15

for jaws, moving posteriorly

Question 16

protrustion

Answer 16

for jaws, moving anteriorly

Question 17

retraction

Answer 17

scapula come toward the vertebral column

Question 18

protraction

Answer 18

scapula move away from vertebral column

Question 19

dorsiflexion

Answer 19

top of the foot comes up

Question 20

plantar flexion

Answer 20

top of the foot moves inferiorly