1. Anatomical Terms of Motion

2. Circumduction Circular Movement of a limb.
What other joints circumduct?

3. Rotation Movement of a bone around its own long axis
What other parts of your body rotate?

4. Supination/Pronation
Supination: Movement of the body part so that it is face up or forward.
Pronation: Movement of the body part so that it faces down or back.
Can you supinate or pronate any other part of your body?

5. Dorsi-Flexion
Bending the foot at the ankle so that the toes move up toward the shin (toe raise).
Dorsi-flexion only occurs in the foot.

6. Plantar Flexion
Movement of the toes and foot away from the shin bone in the sagittal plane.
Plantar flexion only occurs in the foot

7. Protraction
An anterior movement
E.g. Pushing your shoulders forward.

8. Retraction A posterior movement
E.g. Pulling your shoulder blades back and together.
What other body parts can you protract and retract?

9. Inversion
Turning in of the soles of the feet so they face each other.

10. Eversion
Turning out the soles of the feet so they face away from each other.
What other body parts can be inverted and everted?

11. Extension An increase in the angle between two bones
*be ware of the difference between hip extension and knee extension

12. Flexion A decrease in angle between two bones
What other body parts can you flex?
*be ware of the difference between hip Flexion and knee flexion.

13. Hyperextension Continuing extension beyond normal anatomical position.
- What joints of the body would hyperextend and which joints would not?

14. Elevation/Depression
Elevation: Upward movement of a body part (usually applies to shoulder)
Depression: Downward movement of a body part (usually applies to shoulder)

15. Adduction
Movement of a limb or body segment toward the midline of the body.

16. Abduction
Movement of a limb or body segment away from the midline of the body.
What other parts of your body can Adduct and abduct?