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