Types of Movement

Mr Swatter has a fly on his shoulder, the poor thing. He reaches his right hand over to his left shoulder to try and squish the fly.  Which movement is occurring at his ELBOW joint?

• Extension
• Circumduction
• Flexion
• Supination

Jane a fitness guru feels compelled to do a few jumping jacks. Which movement is taking place during the upward phase?

• Extension 

• Adduction

• Circumdation

• Abduction

Jane has completed those jumping jacks, her hands are now at her side. Which movement did she complete?

• Adduction
• Abduction
• Extension 
• Circumdation 

Bob is very small. He needs to stand on his "tip toe's" to reach the cookie jar on the top shelf of the cupboard.  What is the movement of his ankles?

• Plantar Flexion
• Extension
• Dorsiflexion
• Anterior Rotation
  

Mark is sitting in a chair, legs out in front of him resting on an ottoman. His knees are.....

• Hyperextended
• Rotated
• Flexed
• Extended

Remember when Mrs. Smith was mad, she was tapping her right foot on the floor? Which best describes her ANKLE movement as her foot lifts off the floor in an UPWARD motion?

• Plantar Flexion
• Dorsi Flexion
• Inversion
• Eversion

Arnold loves the gym. His favourite activity is the bicep curl. What is the action that occurs at the ELBOW JOINT when Arnold lifts the weight to his chest?

• Pronation 
• Rotation 
• Extension 
• Flexion

The knee joint is a type of _________ joint.

• Fixed
• Cartilaginous
• Synovial
• Body

When doing a star jump, what is the type of movement of the arms when the move outwards from the body?

• Abduction
• Adduction
• Extension
• Flexsion

When the outstanding Dustin Martin kicks a football the movement of the knee joint in the back swing, before kicking the ball is......

• Abduction
• Flexion
• Extension
• Adduction