Unit 5 Muscle Action: Angular Movements

Question 0

Extend

Answer 0

Increases the angle between bones; at shoulder and hip moves the limbs backward to the anatomical position

Question 1

Flex

Answer 1

Decreases the angle between bones; at shoulder and hip moves the limbs forward from the anatomical position

Question 2

Abduct

Answer 2

Moves bone away from the midline in a frontal plane

Question 3

Adduct

Answer 3

Moves bone toward the midline in a frontal plane

Question 4

Hyperextend

Answer 4

Extension past the anatomical position; at shoulder and hip move limbs backward from the anatomical position