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BIOL251: Human Anatomy & Physiology I w/Lab 2025
Module 4 Exam Review / 70+ questions
By PortageMaster, Stuvia

✅ Correct answers
Question 1​
Which term describes movement away from the body's midline?

●​ Adduction​

●​ Extension​

●​ ✅ Abduction​
●​ Flexion​

●​ Hyperextension​




Question 2​
The opposite action of retraction is elevation.

●​ True​

●​ ✅ False​

Question 3​
What kind of movement is created by a saddle joint, such as the thumb's carpometacarpal joint?

●​ Flexion and extension only​

●​ ✅ Flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction​
●​ Rotation only​

●​ Gliding only​

,Question 4​
What movement involves pointing the toes by extending at the ankle?

●​ ✅ Plantarflexion​
●​ Opposition​

●​ Retraction​

●​ Dorsiflexion​




Question 5​
Injury to the atlantoaxial joint, which is a pivot joint, would affect which type of movement in the neck?

●​ Abduction and adduction​

●​ ✅ Rotation​
●​ Gliding​

●​ Flexion and extension​




Question 6 (Match the description to its proper term)

●​ Opposite of opposition → ✅ Reposition​
●​ Structure moves superiorly (upwards) → ✅ Elevation​

●​ Structure moves inferiorly (downwards) → ✅ Depression​

●​ Posterior or backwards movement in horizontal plane → ✅ Retraction​

●​ Forward or anterior movement in horizontal plane → ✅ Protraction​




Question 7​
Which movements are performed by the ball-and-socket joint? (Select all that apply)

●​ ✅ Flexion​
●​ ✅ Extension​

, ●​ Gliding​

●​ ✅ Abduction​
●​ ✅ Adduction​
●​ ✅ Lateral rotation​

Question 8​




Name the movement at the shoulder joint (A) and knee (B) shown in the image.

●​ A. Shoulder joint = ✅ Abduction​
●​ B. Knee = ✅ Extension​

Question 9​




Name the movement at the arm (A), elbow (B), and hip (C).

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