08 - Joints: Movements

A movement toward the midline of the body is termed

• Inversion

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

The special movement of the thumb that allows it to grasp an object and hold on to it is called

• Rotation

• Opposition

• Circumduction

• Eversion

• Retraction

The twisting motion of the foot that turns the sole inward is termed

• Eversion

• Protraction

• Dorsiflexion

• Plantar flexion

• Inversion

The opposite movement of pronation is

• Dorsiflexion

• Hyperextension

• Circumduction

• Supination

• Rotation

The movements known as dorsiflexion and plantar flexion involve moving the

• Hand

• Arm

• Foot

• Leg

• Hip

The joint that permits the greatest range of mobility of any joint in the body is the

• Hip

• Shoulder

• Elbow

• Knee

• Wrist

Moving the head downward toward the chest ___ the intervertebral joints.

• Hyperextends

• Flexes

• Adbucts

• Extends

• Rotates

An extension past the anatomical position is known as

• Double jointed

• Extension

• Flexion

• Rotation

• Hyperextension

Spreading your fingers apart is a form of

• A gliding motion

• Abduction

• Circumduction

• Adduction

• Hyperextension

A twisting motion of the foot that turns the sole of the foot outward is known as

• Inversion

• Plantar flexion

• Eversion

• Dorsiflexion