Understanding Joint Movements

What is the term used to describe the movement of a body part away from the midline of the body?

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Flexion

• Extension

Which type of joint movement involves "bending of a joint"?

• Extension

• Flexion

• Rotation

• Circumduction

What is the term for the movement that increases the angle between two body parts?

• Flexion

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

Which joint movement involves rotating a body part away from the midline?

• Circumduction

• External Rotation

• Flexion

• Extension

What is the term for the circular movement of a limb that outlines a cone?

• Rotation

• Circumduction

• Flexion

• Extension

Which movement involves moving a body part toward the midline of the body?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

What is the term for the movement of the forearm that turns the palm to face upward?

• Pronation

• Supination

• Flexion

• Extension

Which term describes the movement of the forearm that turns the palm to face downward?

• Supination

• Pronation

• Flexion

• Extension

What is the term for the movement that involves bending the foot at the ankle towards the shin?

• Plantarflexion

• Dorsiflexion

• Inversion

• Eversion

Which movement involves pointing the toes downward, away from the shin?

• Dorsiflexion

• Plantarflexion

• Inversion

• Eversion