Anatomy Definitions Club Pilates Question Practice Exam complete Questions and Answers

Flexion - Answer-Bending motion that decreases the angle between adjoining bones Extension - Answer-Straightening at the joint so that the angle between the bones is increased Abduction - Answer-Movement away from the midline of the body Adduction - Answer-Movement toward the midline of the body Lateral Rotation - Answer-Arms outward...away from midline Medial Rotation - Answer-Arms inward...towards midline Elevation - Answer-Movement of shoulders in a superior direction Depression - Answer-Movement of shoulders in an inferior direction Pronation - Answer-Turning the soul of foot downward...out Supination - Answer-Movement that turns the soul of foot in...cup of soup Plantareflexion - Answer-Flexing the feet Dorsiflexion - Answer-Bending of the foot or the toes upward. Eversion - Answer-Turning outward Protrusion - Answer-Moving shoulders out Protraction - Answer-Moving shoulders forwardRetraction - Answer-Moving a body part backward Rotation - Answer-When a body part spins on its axis Midline - Answer-An imaginary line drawn down the center of the body, dividing it into right and left halves. If someone has a posterior tilt... - Answer-Tilting too much from the back to the front of their pelvis If someone has an anterior tilt... - Answer-Tilting too much from the front to the back of their pelvis (arched) Circumduction - Answer-Circular motion of arms or hips Conncentric - Answer-Moving bicep towards you and flexing Eccentric - Answer-Moving bicep away from you