TERMS RELATED TO MOVEMENTS

Question 1

joint

Answer 1

site where two or more bones come together

Question 2

flexion

Answer 2

movement in the saggital plane; mostly in anterior direction

Question 3

extension

Answer 3

straightening movement of the joint mostly in the posterior direction

Question 4

lateral extention

Answer 4

movement of the trunk in coronal planne direction

Question 5

abduction

Answer 5

movement of the limb away from the medial axis (away from the body in general)

Question 6

adduction

Answer 6

movement of the limb towards the medial axix

Question 7

rotation

Answer 7

movement of the body around its long axis

Question 8

medial rotation

Answer 8

the movement of a limb or muscle group toward the center of the body

Question 9

lateral rotation

Answer 9

this movement is away from the midline of the body and occurs in the transverse plane.

Question 10

pronation

Answer 10

palm facing downwards; radius rotates rotates over ulna

Question 11

supination

Answer 11

palm facing upwards

Question 12

circumduction

Answer 12

movement combination sequence of flexion. extention, abduction and adduction

Question 13

protraction

Answer 13

forward movent in relevant to the jaw at the temporomadibular joints

Question 14

retraction

Answer 14

backward movent in relevant to the jaw at the temporomadibular joints

Question 15

inversion

Answer 15

is the movement of the foot so that the sole

faces in a medial direction

Question 16

eversion

Answer 16

is the opposite movement of the foot so that the sole faces in a lateral direction