movement

Question 1

a movement that decreases the angle between two ajoining bones

Answer 1

flexion

Question 2

a movement bringing the members of a limb into ot toward a straight condition

Answer 2

extention

Question 3

movement at a joint to a position beyond the joint’s normal maximum extention

Answer 3

hyperextention

Question 4

movement of a limb away from the midline or axis of the body

Answer 4

abduction

Question 5

the movement of a limb toward the midline or axis of the body

Answer 5

adduction

Question 6

cone-shaped movement of a limb that includes flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction

Answer 6

circumduction

Question 7

the process of turning around an axis

Answer 7

rotation

Question 8

rotation of the forearm so that the palm of the hand faces downward or backward

Answer 8

pronation (hand)

Question 9

lowering of the medial edge of the foot by turning it outward and through abduction in the tarsal and metaltarsal bones

Answer 9

pronation (foot)

Question 10

act of turning the palm forward or upward

Answer 10

supination (hand)

Question 11

movement resulting in raising of the medial margin of the foot

Answer 11

supination (foot)