Superior - Answers Above, toward the upper part of the body
Inferior - Answers Below, toward the lower part of the body
Anterior (ventral) - Answers Toward or on the front of the body
Posterior (dorsal) - Answers Toward or on the back of the body
Proximal - Answers Closest to the point of origin from center of the body
Distal - Answers Furthest from the point of the origin from center of the body
Medial - Answers Towards the middle of the body
Lateral - Answers Away from the middle of the body
Bilateral - Answers Both sides of the body
Unilateral - Answers One side of the body
Peripheral - Answers Toward the extremities
Superficial - Answers Toward the outer surface
Deep muscles - Answers Toward the the inner body
Abduction
Addiction - Answers Movement away from the body or body parts midline
Movement toward the body or body parts midline
Flexion
Extension - Answers The bending of a joint that decreases the angle
The straightening of a joint that increases the angle
Circumduction
Rotation - Answers The motion of a circular movement
Internal rotation is the movement of the body part about its axis turning inward or toward the center/
midline of the body
Protraction
Retraction - Answers Forward (anterior) movement of a body part
, Backward (posterior) movement of a body part
Hypoextension
Hyperextension - Answers Extension that is less than normal, under-extended
Extension beyond normal limits, over extended
Gliding
Deviation - Answers Movement of non-angular joints over each other/
Departure from the midline
Pronation - Answers palm of hand turning downward into a posterior posistion when arm is down at
side or the inward roll of the foot/arch heightened during normal walking motion
Supination - Answers palm of hand turning upward into an anterior position when arm is down atr side
or outward roll of the foot, 'under-pronation/arch heightrnrd during normal walking motion
Inversion
Eversion - Answers Turning both feet towards each other so the soles face each other.
turning both feet outward so the soles face away from each other
Dorsiflexion
Plantarflexion - Answers (ankle) pointing foor up toward the shin
(ankle) pointing foot downward
True or False: Ankle is distal to the hip - Answers True
The wrist is distal to the shoulder. the _______ is proximal to the wrist. - Answers Elbow
The Knee is ____ to the hip and ____ to the ankle. - Answers Distal; Proximal
Four types of contraction - Answers Isometric
Isokinetic
Isotonic concentric
Isotonic Eccentric
Describe Isometric - Answers Where the load on the muscle is greater than the generated tension,
results in no movement taking place