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305 Final
assessment final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Flexion | bending a limb at a joint |
| Extension | staightening a limb at a joint |
| Abduction | moving a limb away from the midline |
| Adduction | moving a limb toward the midling |
| pronation | turning the forearm so that the palm is down |
| Supination | turning the forearm so that the palm is up |
| Circumduction | moving the arm in a circle around the shoulder |
| Inversion | moving the sole of the foot inward at the ankle |
| Eversion | moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle |
| Rotation | Moving the head around a central axis |
| Protraction | moving a body part forward and parellel to the ground |
| Retraction | moving a body part backward and parallel to the ground |
| Elevation | raising a body part |
| Depression | lowering a body part |
| bones are untied by fibrous tissue or cartilage and are immovble ex sutures in the skull or slightly moveable(the veterbra) | nonsynovial joints |
| freely movable because they have bones they are separated from each other and are enclosed in a joint cavity | Synovial Joints |
| Ball and socket action joints | Shoulder,Elbow |
| Hinge | jaw ankle foot elbow |
| Condlyoid joint | wrist and carpals |