Musculoskeletal - Movement & Muscles

Standing on tip toe

• Dorsiflexion
• Plantar flexion
• Inversion
• Eversion

Flexion...

• Decreases angle of the joint
• Increases angle at the joint
• Moves limb away from midline
• Moves limb toward midline

Extension...

• Increases angle of joint
• Decreases angle of joint
• Standing on tiptoe
• Rotating limb at proximal joint

Moving a limb away from midline

• Pronation
• Abduction
• Adduction
• Flexion

Movement of a limb toward the body midline

• Abduction
• Flexion
• Adduction
• Pronation

Palm of hand turns away (down) from body

• Pronation
• Supination
• Plantar flexion
• Flexion

Movement of bone around its longitudinal axis (ball and socket joint)

• Circumduction
• Flexion
• Rotation
• Supination

Moving palm of hand toward (up) the body

• Circumduction
• Rotation
• Supination
• Pronation

Proximal end of a limb is stationary and distal end moves in a circle.  

• Rotation
• Circumduction
• Adduction
• Abduction

Turn sole of foot so it faces laterally (away from center of body)

• Inversion
• Eversion
• Dorsiflexion
• Plantar flexion