Term
Flexion
Bending the joint to make the angle between the two bones smaller. Occurs in the sagittal plane.
Moving posteriorly.
Retraction
You internally rotate your shoulder when you scratch your back.
Internal Rotation
Straightening a joint to make the angle larger. Occurs in the sagittal plane.
Extension
A movement in the coronal plane used to described a movement of the spine.
Lateral Flexion
Sticking your chin out.
Protraction
Abduction
Moving away from the median plane. Movement occurs in the coronal plane.
A movement of the forearm in which the palm faces posteriorly.
Supination
When shrugging your shoulders you elevate them.
Elevation
The opposite of abduction
Adduction
The opposite of internal rotation.
External Rotation
When you point your foot towards your head.
Dorsiflexion
Opposition
Movement of the hand where the thumb touches the 5th finger.
A movement of the forearm in which the palm faces anteriorly.
Pronation
When you stand on "tip-toes" your ankles are in plantar flexion.
Plantar flexion