IB Sports Science - Topic 4 Exam Questions With Answers

IB Sports Science - Topic 4 Exam Questions With Answers Abduction - Answer Movement away from the body. Adduction - Answer Movement towards the body. Plantar flexion - Answer Movement away from a joint. Dorsiflexion - Answer Movement towards the joint (sagital). Flexion - Answer Bending joint in sagital plane. Extension - Answer Straightening joint in sagital plane. Supinator - Answer Upwards rotation of lower limb. Pronation - Answer Downwards rotation of lower limb. Rotation - Answer 180 degrees pivot about the joint. Circumduction - Answer 360 degrees rotation about the joint. Inversion - Answer Medial movement towards the body midline. Eversion - Answer Lateral movement away from the body midline. Elevation - Answer Upwards movement. Depression - Answer Lowering movement in the frontal plane. Retraction - Answer Movement away from the midline in the frontal plane. Protraction - Answer Movement towards the midline in the frontal plane. Non-axial - Answer Bones slide in relation to each other - no axes of rotation (e.g. gliding joints). Uniaxial - Answer Movement around one axis (e.g. hinge/pivot joints).