Basic Movements
Bending the elbow to decrease the joint angle is called:
A. Extension
B. Rotation
C. Flexion
D. Abduction
What is flexion?
Turning the palm so it faces anteriorly is called:
A. Pronation
B. Supination
C. Opposition
D. Reposition
What is supination?
A gymnast points their toes while balancing on the beam. Which movement is being used at the ankle?
What is plantar flexion?
Define rotation.
What is the twisting or turning of a body part around its own axis or the midline?
A patient lifts both shoulders toward their ears. Which movement is being performed?
What is scapular elevation?
A patient is asked to raise their arm sideways to shoulder height. Which movement occurs at the shoulder?
What is shoulder abduction?
Raising the arm sideways away from the body is called:
A. Adduction
B. Abduction
C. Circumduction
D. Flexion
What is abduction?
Turning the sole of the foot outward is called:
A. Eversion
B. Inversion
C. Plantarflexion
D. Dorsiflexion
What is eversion?
Retraction can occur during rowing exercises.
What is true?
A patient pushes their shoulders forward to reach for an object. Which movement occurs?
What is scapular protraction?
Define hyperextension.
What is increasing a joint angle beyond the anatomical position?
A patient cannot rotate their forearm to turn the palm down while the elbow is straight. Which movement is limited?
What is pronation?
Crossing one leg over the other while seated primarily involves which hip movement?
A. Hip abduction
B. Hip adduction
C. Hip flexion
D. Hip extension
What is hip adduction?
Match the movement with description:
Flexion
Extension
Hyperextension
A. Increases the joint angle
B. Decreases the joint angle
C. Increases the angle beyond anatomical position
Flexion → B
Extension → A
Hyperextension → C
During a seated knee extension exercise, which joint movements are primarily being used?
Which movement occurs in a cone-shaped path at a multiaxial joint?
A. Rotation
B. Circumduction
C. Abduction
D. Extension
What is circumduction?
Touching the thumb to the tip of the little finger requires:
A. Flexion
B. Opposition
C. Reposition
D. Abduction
What is opposition?
Define inversion.
What is turning the sole of the foot inward, tilting towards the body’s midline?
Define protraction.
What is the forward movement of a body part away from the midline?
A patient rotates their head side-to-side to say “no.” Which movement occurs?
What is cervical rotation?