Joints and Movement

Flexion is...

• Decrease of angle at a joint
• Increase of angle at a joint
• Shortening of a muscle
• Lengthening of a muscle

Circumduction is a combination of...

• Rotation, adduction and abduction
• plantarflexion, dorsiflextion, pronation and supination
• Flexion, extension, pronation and supination
• Flexion, extension, adduction and abduction

Circumduction can occur at a...

• Pivot joint
• Saddle joint
• Ball and socket joint
• Condyloid joint

An example of a joint where flexion and extension can take place would be...

• Ankle
• Knee
• Atlantoaxial
• Radioulnar

The radioulnar joint allows ____________ to occur as it is a _________ joint.

• Flexion, hinge
• Abduction, gliding
• Rotation, pivot
• Circumduction, ball and socket

Which muscle group is mainly responsible for Flexion at the elbow?

• Triceps
• Quadraceps
• Deltoids
• Biceps

Which muscle group is mainly responsible for abduction at the shoulder?

• Pectorals
• Deltoids
• Lattisimus Dorsi
• Gluteals

When kicking a football, _____________________ joint is one of the main movements required.

• Extension at the elbow
• Extension at the Knee
• Abduction at the hip
• Circumduction at the hip

Extension at the elbow would be most useful when...

• Executing a high jump
• Executing a bicep curl

• Pushing off the blocks in a sprint start
• Making a chest pass in netball

2 of the movements required during the drive phase of a vertical jump are...

• Circumduction at the hip and flexion at the knee
• Extension at the knee and plantarflexion at the ankle
• Circumduction at the shoulder and flexion at the elbow
• Rotation at the hip and flexion at the knee