B3 - Ch 1.3 - Movement at Joints

What is the movement type that involves bending a body part or decreasing the angle at a joint?

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Extension

Which movement type involves straightening a body part or increasing the angle at a joint?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Flexion

What is the movement type that is a sideways movement away from the center of the body?

• Adduction

• Extension

• Abduction

• Flexion

Which movement type involves a sideways movement towards the center of the body?

• Flexion

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Extension

What is the movement type that involves a turning point around an imaginary line or axis?

• Circumduction

• Rotation

• Flexion

• Extension

Which movement type involves the end of a limb moving in a circle?

• Abduction

• Extension

• Circumduction

• Rotation

What is the movement type that causes the toes to move upwards towards the leg?

• Plantarflexion

• Dorsiflexion

• Extension

• Abduction

Which movement type causes the toes to move downwards towards the floor?

• Dorsiflexion

• Adduction

• Plantarflexion

• Flexion

At which joint is flexion and extension possible?

• Shoulder and hip

• Elbow and knee

• Ankle and shoulder

• Hip and knee

At which joint is abduction and adduction possible?

• Elbow and knee

• Ankle and shoulder

• Shoulder and hip

• Hip and knee