joint movements

Question 1

movements are the simplest type of joint movements. One flat bone surface glides or slips over another similar surface. The bones are merely displaced in relation to one another

Answer 1

Gliding

Question 2

is a bending movement that decreases the angle of the joint and brings the articulating bones closer together.

Answer 2

Flexion

Question 3

increases the angle between the articulating bones.

Answer 3

Extension

Question 4

is a bending of a joint beyond 180 degrees

Answer 4

Hyperextension

Question 5

Flexion of the ankle so that the superior aspect of the foot approaches the shin is called

Answer 5

dorsiflexion

Question 6

. Extension of the ankle (pointing the toes) is called

Answer 6

plantar flexion

Question 7

is movement of a limb away from the midline or median plane of the body, along the frontal plane. When the term is used to describe movement of the fingers or toes, it means spreading them apart.

Answer 7

Abduction

Question 8

is the movement of a limb toward the body midline. Bringing the fingers close together is adduction.

Answer 8

Adduction

Question 9

is the movement in which the limb describes a cone in space: while the distal end of the limb moves in a circle, the joint itself moves only slightly in the joint cavity.

Answer 9

Circumduction

Question 10

is the turning movement of a bone around its own long axis. Rotation may occur toward the body midline or away from it.

Answer 10

Rotation

Question 11

Movement of the forearm so that the palm faces anteriorly or superiorly is called

Answer 11

supination

Question 12

the palm moves to face posteriorly or inferiorly.

Answer 12

pronation

Question 13

the sole of the foot is turned medially.

Answer 13

inversion

Question 14

the sole faces laterally.

Answer 14

eversion

Question 15

is a nonangular anterior movement in a transverse plane

Answer 15

Protraction

Question 16

is a nonangular posterior movement in a transverse plane.

Answer 16

Retraction

Question 17

is a lifting or moving superiorly along a frontal plane.

Answer 17

Elevation

Question 18

When the elevated part is moved downward to its original position, the movement is called

Answer 18

depression

Question 19

of the thumb is only allowed at the saddle joint between metacarpal I and the carpals. It is the movement of touching the thumb to the tips of the other fingers of the same hand.

Answer 19

Opposition