Types and Principles of Movement

Flexion is...

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

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

What TYPE of joint allows for the widest range of movement?

• Pivot
• Hinge
• Ball and Socket
• Saddle

What is moving a limb away from the midline of the body along the frontal plane called?

• abduction

• adduction

• flexion

• extension

The movement "adduction" involves:

• A decrease in the joint angle

• An increase in the joint angle

• Taking the body part away from the midline of the body

• Taking the body part towards the midline of the body

Which movements can be performed at a hinge joint?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

• Rotation

Which movements can be performed at a ball-and-socket joint?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Flexion

• Rotation

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

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
  

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