Terminology 1
Decreasing an angle between 2 body parts
Flexion
Palm facing up
Supination
Increasing an angle between 2 body parts
Extension
The elbow is what kind of synovial joint?
Hinge
What type of muscle cell is only found in the heart?
Cardiac
Movement away from the midline
Abduction
Moving a structure anteriorly
Protraction
Moving towards the midline
Adduction
What kind of joint is the knee?
Hinge
What type of muscle cell is multinucleated?
Skeletal muscle
Movement of the foot towards the shin
Dorsiflexion
Palm facing down
Pronation
Movement of the foot away from the shin
plantar flexion
The hip is what kind of joint?
Ball and socket
When performing a squat, what is the antagonist muscle?
Hamstrings
Turning plantar surface of foot laterally
Eversion
Turning plantar surface of the foot medially
Inversion
Moving a structure posteriorly
Retraction
What kind of joint is the shoulder?
Ball and socket
What type of muscle cell is non striated?
Smooth muscle
Moving a structure superiorly
Elevation
Combination of flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction
Circumduction
Moving a structure inferiorly
Depression
The thumb is what kind of joint?
Saddle
When performing a squat, what is the agonist muscle?
Quadriceps