Chapter 4 Muscle ROM and Prefixes , Suffixes, and Root Words

Front

Moving your chin to your chest is what motion?

Back

Flexion

Front

What motion is performed when you raise your arm sideways away from the midline of your body?

Back

Abduction

Front

Which motion involves moving a limb towards the midline of the body?

Back

Adduction

Front

What is the term for the motion of bending a joint, decreasing the angle between two bones?

Back

Flexion

Front

Turn sole of foot so it faces laterally

Back

Eversion

Front

Movement of a limb toward the body midline

Back

Adduction

Front

Palm of hand turns from anterior to posterior.

Back

Pronation

Front

Turn sole of foot so it faces medially

Back

Inversion

Front

pointing foot toward the ground

Back

plantarflexion

Front

extension that is greater than 180 degrees and is beyond anatomical position

Back

hyperextension