Joint & Muscle Movement Recap

Which movement describes decreasing the angle at a joint, such as bending the elbow to bring your hand towards your shoulder?

• Extension

• Flexion

• Abduction

• Rotation

What is the term for moving a limb away from the midline of the body, such as lifting your arm out to the side?

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Pronation

• Supination

Which movement involves turning a bone around its own long axis, such as turning your head from side to side?

• Circumduction

• Rotation

• Flexion

• Eversion

What is the name for the movement that increases the angle at a joint, such as straightening the knee?

• Flexion

• Extension

• Supination

• Inversion

Which movement describes turning the palm of the hand upwards, as if holding a bowl of soup?

• Pronation

• Supination

• Eversion

• Plantarflexion

What is the term for moving the sole of the foot outwards, away from the midline of the body?

• Inversion

• Eversion

• Dorsiflexion

• Flexion

Which movement involves pointing the toes downwards, such as when standing on tiptoes?

• Dorsiflexion

• Plantarflexion

• Flexion

• Abduction

What is the name for the movement that brings a limb back towards the midline of the body, such as lowering your arm to your side?

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Extension

• Pronation

Which movement describes turning the sole of the foot inwards, towards the midline of the body?

• Eversion

• Inversion

• Supination

• Circumduction

What is the term for moving the palm of the hand downwards, such as when typing on a keyboard?

• Supination

• Pronation

• Flexion

• Extension