Biomechanical Movement

1. Circumduction of the shoulder is

Pointing the shoulder upward

Circular movement of the shoulder

Backward motion of the shoulder

2. Inversion refers to

Ankle pointing downward

Turning the feet inward so the soles face each other

Forward motion, occurs in the shoulder joint

3. Pronation is turning the palm down.

True

False

4. Abduction is moving a leg or arm

Away from the body

Toward the body

In a circular motion

5. Hyperextention refers to moving a joint

Less extension than normal

Within normal limits

Beyond normal limits

6. Eversion is

Turning the soles outward

Pointing the foot upward

Palm turning down

7. Supination is turning the palm up.

True

False

8. Adduction is moving the leg or arm

Downward and backward

Toward the body

Away from the body

9. Dorsiflexion refers to

(ankle) pointing the foot up towards the body

Circular motion of the foot

(ankle) pointing the foot downwards

10. Plantarflexion referes to

Pointing the foot downward (ankle)

Pointing the foot upward (ankle)

Pointing the foot to the side (ankle)

11. Flexion refers to

Bending a joint that increases the angle

Bending a joint that decreases the angle

Bending a joint to hyperextend the angle

12. Extention is not straightening a joint

True

False

13. Hypoextension refers to less extension than normal

True

False

14. Protraction is

Backward motion, occurs at the shoulder joint (abduction)

Forward motion, occurs at the shoulder joint (abduction)

Circular motion, occurs at the shoulder