Anatomy - Types of movement
Plantar Flexion
"Planting" or depressing the foot toward the sole
Circumduction
Common in ball-and-socket joints; Combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction
Dorsiflexion
Lifting the foot so that the superior surface approaches the shin
Adduction
Primary action of the adductor muscles
Rotation
The movement of a bone around its longitudinal axis
Abduction
The movement of a limb away from the body midline; Primary action of the deltoid
Eversion
Turn sole of foot laterally
Inversion
Turn sole of foot medially
Flexion
Type of movement that decreases the angle of the joint
Extension
Type of movement that increases the angle of the joint
Supination
Type of movement that results when the forearm rotates laterally so that the palm faces anteriorly
Pronation
Type of movement that results when the forearm rotates medially so the palm faces posteriorly
Opposition
move thumb to touch the tips of other fingers on the same hand