Ch 1- Movements

Question 1

Flexion?

Answer 1

Decreases joking angle

Brings articulating bones closer together

Sagital plane

Question 2

Extension?

Answer 2

Increases going angle

Brings articulating bones farther apart

Sagittal plane

Question 3

Hyperextension?

Answer 3

Extension past the anatomical position in posterior direction

Sagittal plane

Question 4

Dorsiflexion?

Answer 4

Moving the dorsum (top) of foot toward the anterior surface of the tibia

Decreasing the angle at the talocrural (ankle) joint

Foot towards you

Sagittal plane

Question 5

Plantar flexion?

Answer 5

Pointing your toes

Moving the dorsum (top) of the foot away from the anterior surface of the tibia

Increasing the angle at the talocrural (ankle) joint

Sagittal plane

Question 6

Abduction?

Answer 6

Moving limb away from midline of body

Coronal plane

Question 7

Adduction?

Answer 7

Movement of limb towards midline of body

Coronal plane

Question 8

Elevation?

Answer 8

Moving body part superiorly

Coronal plane

Question 9

Depression?

Answer 9

Moving elevated body part inferiorly

Coronal plane

Question 10

Lateral flexion?

Answer 10

Bending the vertebral column to the side

Coronal plane

Question 11

Inversion?

Answer 11

Turning the plantar surface of the foot toward the midline

Coronal plane

Question 12

Eversion?

Answer 12

Turning the plantar surface of the foot away from the midline

coronal plane

Question 13

Shoulder girdle elevation?

Answer 13

Shrugging shoulders

Movement of the scapula and lateral end of the clavicle in the cranial direction

Coronal plane

Question 14

Shoulder girdle depression?

Answer 14

Pushing shoulders down

Movement of the scapula and lateral end of the clavicle in a caudal direction

Coronal plane

Question 15

Shoulder girdle upward (outward) rotation?

Answer 15

Moving the scapula so that the
glenoid cavity faces superiorly

Arms up

coronal plane

Question 16

Shoulder girdle downward (inward) rotation?

Answer 16

Moving the scapula so that the glenoid cavity faces inferiorly

Back to anatomical position (arms to the side)

coronal plane

Question 17

Lateral pelvic tilt?

Answer 17

Movement of the ipsilateral iliac crest in either a cranial or caudal direction

One side of your pelvis is higher than the other

Coronal plane

Question 18

Anterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 18

Sticking your butt out

The ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine) moves and anterior and caudal direction

Sagittal plane

Question 19

Posterior pelvic tilt?

Answer 19

Sticking your privates out

The ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine) moves and posterior and cranial direction

Sagittal plane

Question 20

Anterior tilt of the scapula?

Answer 20

Tilting the shoulder blade forward

The coracoid process moves in an anterior and caudal direction while the inferior angle moves in a posterior and cranial direction

Sagittal plane

Question 21

Posterior tilt of the scapula?

Answer 21

Tilting the shoulder blade back

The coracoid process moves in an posterior and cranial direction while the inferior angle moves in a anterior and caudal direction

Sagittal plane

Question 22

Horizontal adduction (flexion)?

Answer 22

Movement of the humerus or femur in the horizontal plane towards the midline of the body or in the anterior direction

transverse plane

Question 23

Horizontal abduction (extension)?

Answer 23

Movement of the humerus or femur in the horizontal plane away the midline of the body or in the posterior direction

transverse plane

Question 24

Protraction?

Answer 24

Moving a part of the body anteriorly in the horizontal plane

Transverse plane

Question 25

Retraction?

Answer 25

Moving a part of the body posteriorly in the horizontal plane Transverse plane

Question 26

Rotation?

Answer 26

Turning a bone along its own long axis Transverse plane

Question 27

Right/ left rotation?

Answer 27

Turning at your spine Transverse plane

Question 28

Medial/ internal/ inward rotation?

Answer 28

Movement of the anterior surface of a limb toward the midline of the body Transverse plane

Question 29

Lateral/ external/ outward rotation?

Answer 29

Movement of anterior surface of a limb away from the midline of the body Transverse plane

Question 30

Supination?

Answer 30

Rotating the forearm so the palm faces anteriorly Holding a bowl of soup Transverse plane

Question 31

Pronation?

Answer 31

Rotating the forearm so the palm faces posteriorly Transverse plane

Question 32

Opposition?

Answer 32

Movement of the thumb to touch the tips of the fingers on the same hand Multiplanar

Question 33

Reposition?

Answer 33

Moving the fingers out of opposition multiplanar

Question 34

Circumduction?

Answer 34

Movement of the distal end of a body part in a circle A combination of flexion, abduction, extension and adduction Multiplanar

Question 35

Scaption?

Answer 35

Movement in the plane of the scapula The scapular plane is approximately 30° to 45° anterior to the frontal plane Multiplanar