Question | Answer |
FLEXION | DECREASE ANGLE ACROSS JOINT
ARTICULATIN BONES MOVE CLOSER TOGETHER |
EXTENSION | INCREASE ANGLE ACROSS JT
ARTICULATING BONES MOVE APART |
HYPEREXTENTION | EXTEND PAST NORMAL EXTENSION |
DORSIFLEXION | LIFT FOOT UP AT ANGLE ON HEEL |
PLANTARFLEXION | DEPRESS FOOT DOWN AT ANKLE ON TOE |
ABDUCTION | MOVE PART AWAY FROM MIDLINE ALONG FRONTAL PLANE |
ADDUCTION | MOVE PART TO MIDLINE ALONG FRONTAL PLANE |
CIRCUMDUCTION | DISTAL END MOVES IN CIRCLE WHILE PROXIMAL END REMAINS STATIONARY
DESCRIBE CONE IN SPACE: FLEX, ABDUCTION, EXTEND, ADDUCTION IN SUCCESSION |
ROTATION | MOVE PART ALONG ITS AXIS |
SUPINATION | TURN PALMS UP OR FORWARD
RADIUS ROTATES LATERALLY AROUND ULNA |
PRONATION | TURN PALMS DOWN OR BACKWARD
RADIUS ROTATES MEDIALLY AROUND ULNA
RADIUS CROSSESS ULNA |
INVERSION | TURN SOLES OF FEET MEDIALLY TOWARDS EACH OTHER |
EVERSION | TURN SOLES OF FEET LATERALLY AWAY FROM EACH OTHER |
PROTRACTION | MOVE PART FORWARD |
RETRACTION | RETURN TO NORMAL POSITION |
ELEVATION | MOVE PART UPWARD ( SUPERIORLY) |
DEPRESSION | MOVE PART DOWN (INFERIORLY |
SPINCTER | DECREASE SIZE OF OPENING |
OPPOSITION | MOVE THUMB TO TOUCH FINGERS |