5) GCSE PE - AQA - Joint action and movements

An increase in the angle of bones at a joint, is ...?

• Extension

• Flexion

• Rotation

• Abduction

Movement of a bone or limb towards the midline of the body, is ...?

• Adduction

• Rotation

• Abduction

• Abbuction

Movement of the ankle joint that flexes the foot upwards and decreases the angle at the joint, is ...?

• Flexion

• Dorsiflexion

• Plantarflexion

• Extension

Movement at the ankle joint that points the toes and increases the angle at the ankle joint, is...?

• Flexion

• Dorsiflxion

• Plantar flexion

• Extension

A circular movement around a joint or, in other words, a movement around an axis, is...?

• Rotation

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Plantar Flexion

Movement of a bone or limb away from the midline of the body, is...?

• Adduction

• Abduction

• Adbuction

• Abbuction

Decrease in the angle of bones at a joint, is...?

• Extension

• Dorsiflexion

• Flexion

• Adduction

The hinge joint at the knee allows...?

• Dorsiflexion and Plantar flexion

• Extension and Abduction

• Flexion and Extension

• Plantar flexion and extension

The upwards phase of a bicep curl is an example of ...?

• Extension

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Flexion

The preparation of a football kick is predominately ...?

• Abduction

• Flexion

• Extension

• Adduction