Body Motion & Muscle Structure

The type of body movement that decreases the angle between bones is called what?

• Inversion

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Supination

• Rotation

When you move 2 adjacent bones closer together, it is called what type of movement?

• Extension

• Dorsiflexion

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Pronation

A hinge joint typically performs what type of body movement?

• Flexion

• Circumduction

• Opposition

• Eversion

• Abduction

Bending your forearm up is what type of body movement?

• Extension

• Pronation

• Inversion

• Rotation

• Flexion

Bending your leg posterior at the knee is what type of body movement?

• Dorsiflexion

• Abduction

• Extension

• Pronation

• Flexion

What type of joint typically performs a flexion motion?

• Hinge

• Ball-in-socket

• Plane

• Saddle

• Pivot

The type of body movement that increases the angle between bones is called what?

• Inversion

• Opposition

• Extension

• Flexion

• Adduction

When you move 2 adjacent bones further apart, it is called what type of movement?

• Extension

• Circumduction

• Flexion

• Dorsiflexion

• Eversion

What type of body motion acts to straighten joints?

• Flexion

• Pronation

• Inversion

• Extension

• Abduction

When you move a body part greater than 180° it is called what?

• Hyperextension

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Adduction