Muscle movement

Movement of limb toward the midline of the body

• contraction

• abduction

• adduction

• relaxation

Act of rotating arm or leg so that the palm or sole is turned forward or upward

• abduction

• supination

• pronation

• adduction

Tightening of a muscle causing it to become shorter and thinner

• contraction

• relaxation

• extension

• flexion

Lowering a body part

• supination

• slow

• elevation

• depression

Movement that bends the foot upward at the ankle

• plantar flexion

• adduction

• abduction

• dorsiflexion

Circular movement at the far end of a limb

• pronation

• circumduction

• supination

• rotation

Increasing the angle between two bones by straightening out the limb

• adduction

• flexion

• extension

• abduction

Overextension of a limb beyond normal limits

• hyperextension

• flexion

• extension

• elevation

Decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb

• hyperextension

• flexion

• extension

• abductiion

Act of rotating arm or leg so that the hand or sole is turned downward or backwards

• pronation

• flexion

• supination

• extension