Movements of the Body

Question 1

Flexion

Answer 1

Movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together

Question 2

Extension

Answer 2

Movement that straightens or opens a joint

Question 3

Lateral flexion

Answer 3

Occurs only at the axial skeleton ex. When the neck or vertebral column bends laterally to the side

Question 4

Hyperextension

Answer 4

Extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit

Question 5

Adduction

Answer 5

Brings a limb medially toward the body’s midline (“adding to the body”)

Question 6

Abduction

Answer 6

Moves a limb laterally away from the midline (“abduct or carry away”)

Question 7

Internal/medial rotation

Answer 7

When the joint medially rotates, the limb turns in toward the midline

Question 8

External/lateral rotation

Answer 8

Swings the limb away from the midline