Download - Anatomical Terms of Motion. Circumduction Circular Movement of a limb. What other joints circumduct?
Anatomical Terms of Motion
Circumduction
• Circular Movement of a limb.
• What other joints circumduct?
Rotation
• Movement of a bone around its own long axis
• What other parts of your body rotate?
Supination/Pronation
• Supination: Movement of the body part so that it is face up or forward.
• Pronation: Movement of the body part so that it faces down or back.
• Can you supinate or
pronate any other part of your body?
Dorsi-Flexion
• Bending the foot at the ankle so that the toes move up toward the shin (toe raise).
• Dorsi-flexion only occurs in the foot.
Plantar Flexion
• Movement of the toes and foot away from the shin bone in the sagittal plane.
• Plantar flexion only occurs in the foot
Protraction
• An anterior movement • E.g. Pushing your
shoulders forward.
Retraction
• A posterior movement
• E.g. Pulling your shoulder blades back and together.
• What other body parts can you protract and retract?
Inversion
• Turning in of the soles of the feet so they face each other.
Eversion
• Turning out the soles of the feet so they face away from each other.
• What other body parts can be inverted and everted?
Extension
• An increase in the angle between two bones
• *be ware of the difference between hip extension and knee extension
Flexion
• A decrease in angle between two bones
• What other body parts can you flex?
• *be ware of the difference between hip Flexion and knee flexion.
Hyperextension
• Continuing extension beyond normal anatomical position.
- What joints of the body would hyperextend and which joints would not?
Elevation/Depression
• Elevation: Upward movement of a body part (usually applies to shoulder)
• Depression: Downward movement of a body part (usually applies to shoulder)
Adduction
• Movement of a limb or body segment toward the midline of the body.
Abduction
• Movement of a limb or body segment away from the midline of the body.
• What other parts of your body can Adduct and abduct?