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Movement of arm or leg toward the body
Adduction
Movement of arm or leg away from the body
Abduction
rotation movement of the forearm to palm down;palm facing posterior
pronation
near or toward the back
posterior
toward or nearer to the head;cranial
surperior
walking on your tip toes would represent
plantarflexion
The wrist is ________ to the elbow
distal
movement decreasing the angle at a joint
flexion
toward the midline; nearer to the middle
Medial
middle section of the vertebrae
Thoracic
The opposite side
Contralateral
movement of the ankle causing the bottom of the foot to face toward the side or laterally
Eversion
closer to the trunk
proximal
Shoulder blades getting farther apart
Protraction
lying horizontally facing downward
prone
rotation movement of the shoulder or hip toward the midline
medial rotation
movement of the arm away from the midline, or anterior, when at shoulder level
Horizontal abuction
lying horizontally facing upward
supine
Movement of the arm toward the midline, or anterior, when at shoulder level
Horizontal adduction
cone shaped movement that happens at the arm or legs
Circumduction
side bending of the neck or trunk away from the midline
Lateral flexion
performing a traditional ab crunch is what movement
spinal flexion
movement of the wrist toward the radius or away from the body;wrist abduction
radial deviation
One side
unilateral