joint movements

Moving a part forward (thrusting the head forward).

• protraction
• retraction
• elevation
• supination

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-1

This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no

• condyloid
• gliding
• pivot
• saddle

Movement away from the mid-line is called _____________.

• abduction
• adduction
• internal rotation
• external rotation

Turning the hand so that the palm is upward or facing anteriorly (in anatomical position).

• supination
• pronation
• flexion
• dorsiflexion

Flexion means to

• Increase the angle of a joint

• Decrease the angle of a joint

• Take a limb away from the body

• Return a limb towards the body

Adduction means

• Increase the angle of a joint

• Decrease the angle of a joint

• Take a limb away from the body

• Return a limb towards the body

When kicking a football the knee

• Flexes

• Extends

• Abducts

• Adducts

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Extension
• Flexion
• Abduction
• Adduction

Identify the joint action being performed.

• Inversion
• Eversion
• Plantarflexion
• Dorsiflexion