motion terms

Question 1

flexion

Answer 1

bending movement that decreases the angle between body parts

Question 2

extension

Answer 2

a straightening movement that increases the angle between body parts

Question 3

abduction

Answer 3

movement of a body part, usually a limb, away from the sagittal plane

Question 4

adduction

Answer 4

movement of a body part, usually a limb, toward the sagittal plane

Question 5

circumduction

Answer 5

a combination of abduction and adduction, as well as flexion and extension, that results in appendages being moved in a cone-shaped path

Question 6

rotation

Answer 6

motion that occurs as one body part turns on an axis

Question 7

opposition

Answer 7

motion in which body parts are brought together