Direction Terms
The term used to designate something that is in front of something else
What is anterior?
What is buccal?
Occurs when a leg moves away from the midline.
What is abduction?
Turning the bottom of your feet toward each other is this motion.
What is inversion?
A basketball chest pass requires this motion at the shoulders.
What is horizontal adduction?
Lying face down
What is prone?
This region is where the stomach is located.
What is abdominal?
Moving your thumb closer to your forearm is this motion.
What is radial deviation?
Only ball and socket joints can do this motion.
What is circumduction?
To block a spike in volleyball, the athlete must do this at the shoulder.
What is flexion?
Refers to something being closer to the core, or root of an object
What is proximal?
Medical term for the forearm.
What is antibrachial?
If you turn the back of your heels toward each other, you are doing what motion at the hip?
What is external rotation?
Shrugging your shoulders is actually this movement of the scapula.
What is elevation?
Ballet dancers are very good at this ankle motion.
What is plantarflexion?
Word used to designate one structure is below another structure.
What is inferior?
Medical term for your sitter.
What is gluteal?
Madam Marie, the famous palm reader, requires you to do this motion before she can read your palm.
What is supinate?
Only the thumb can do this movment.
What is opposition?
Jumping jacks requires these movements at the shoulder and hips
What is abduction and adduction?
The name of the phalanx that your fingernail covers.
What is distal?
When you put your hands on your hips, you are touching this area?
What is coxal?
All hinge joints can only do this pair of movements.
What is flexion and extension?
The 3 DIFFERENT movements the spine can do.
What is flexion, extension and rotation.
The marching band is very good at these motions at both the hips and knees
What is flexion and extension?