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DORSIFLEXION: pointing the foot _____ the body (_____ the dorsal aspect of the foot).
pointing the foot away from the body (toward the plantar aspect of the foot).
turning the sole of the foot outward.
a. Inversion
b. Eversion
c. Elevation
d. Pronation
INVERSION
turning the sole of the foot “in”ward.
ELEVATION: __, example: lifting the shoulders __.
down, the opposite of elevation, example: lowering the shoulders.
forward, example: bringing the shoulders forward.
a. Elevation
b. Eversion
C. Protraction
D. Supination
backward, example: pulling the shoulders back and thus bringing the shoulder blades together.
FLEXION: movement making the angle at a joint _____, example: bending the forearm toward the arm at the elbow joint.
the reverse of flexion, movement making the angle at a joint larger, example: moving the forearm away from the upper body.
movement away from the midline (midsagittal plane), example: lifting the arm sideward away from the body.
a. Abduction
b. Adduction
c. Extension
d. Elevation
opposite of aBduction, movement toward the midline (midsagittal plane), example: bringing the arm from a sideward position back toward the body (adduction=add to the body).
ROTATION: movement around a longitudinal axis which passes through a ____, example: the neck when the head twists right and left.
circular, cone-like movement of a limb, example: swinging the arm in a circle.
medial rotation of the forearm, example: turning the palm of the hand downward.
a. Elevation
b. Circumduction
c. Pronation
d. Dorsiflexion
lateral rotation of the forearm, example: turning the palm of the hand upward.