Types of Muscle Movements (Lab)

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

Decrease angle between insertion and origin

Question 2

Extension

Answer 2

Increase angle between insertion and origin

Question 3

Hyperextension

Answer 3

extend beyond anatomical position

Question 4

abduction

Answer 4

Moving a limb away from the body midline

Question 5

Adduction

Answer 5

moving a limb toward the body midline

Question 6

Rotation

Answer 6

the turning of a bone around the longitudinal axis

Question 7

Circumduction

Answer 7

moving a limb or finger so that it describes a cone in space

Question 8

Protraction

Answer 8

moving a body part in the anterior direction

Question 9

Retraction

Answer 9

moving a body part in the posterior direction

Question 10

Elevation

Answer 10

lifting a body part superiorly

Question 11

Depression

Answer 11

moving a body part inferiorly

Question 12

Pronation

Answer 12

Moving the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly

Question 13

Supination

Answer 13

Moving the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly

Question 14

Dorsiflexion

Answer 14

Lifting the foot so its superior surface approaches the shin

Question 15

Plantar flexion

Answer 15

Depressing the foot, elevating the heel

Question 16

Inversion

Answer 16

Turning the sole of the foot medially

Question 17

Eversion

Answer 17

Turning the sole of the foot laterally