Sports Medicine: Movement & Directional Term QUIZ

Bending the joint to make the angle between the two bones smaller.

• Flexion

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

Moving away from midline

• Flexion

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

Moving toward the midline.

• Flexion

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

Straightening the joint to make the angle between the two bones larger.

• Flexion

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

If you tilt your head to touch your ear to your shoulder, you are completing:

• Flexion

• Lateral Flexion

• Extension

• Adduction

When screwing in a screw with your right hand, you are doing?

• Supination

• Pronation

• Flexion

• Extension

When unscrewing a screw with your right hand, you are doing?

• Supination

• Pronation

• Flexion

• Extension

A circular motion combining flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.

• Protraction

• Retraction

• Circumduction

• Pronation

The transverse plane (horizontal plane) divides the body in to_____ and _____ sections?

• Left and Right

• Front and Back

• Top and Bottom

The coronal (frontal) plane divides the body into ______ and ______ sections.

• Left and Right

• Front and Back

• Top and Bottom