SEHS Movement Terms

Supination

External rotation (please more soup)

Pronation

internal rotation

Abduction

A movement away from the midsagittal plane (raising arms)

Adduction

A movement towards the midsagittal plane (bringing arms down to sides)

Protraction

Moving an anatomical part of the body forward (sticking out your chin)

Retraction

moving an anatomical part of your body backwards

Opposition

Touching the pad of a finger to the pad of your thumb.

Reposition

Separating the touching finger and thumb

Elevation

movement in a superior direction ( raising shoulders)

Depression

Movement in an inferior direction (lowering shoulders)

Inversion

Movement of the ankle inwards towards the midsagittal (sole facing inwards)

Eversion

movement of the ankle outwards away from the midline (sole facing outwards)

Circumduction

Circular movement (tennis serve, spinning arm in a circle)

Rotation

Rotation on an axis (turning your head)

Extention

Movement where two elements of a jointed part are drawn away from each other (making the arm flat is an extension of the elbow joint)

Flexion

draws two elements of a jointed part closer together (flexing guns)

Horizontal Flexion

Flexion on the horizontal plane

Horizontal Extention

extension on the horizontal plane

Dorsiflexion

backwards bending of a foot or hand to reduce distance between back of hand or foot and limb.

Plantarflexion

Downward bending of the foot away from the body.

Posterior

Back, dorsal

Anterior

Front, ventral

Proximal

closer to the origin*

Distal

Further from the origin *

Superior

Position higher than a point on the body (head)

Inferior

position lower than another point on the body (head)

Medial

moving towards midsagital

Intermediate

Between medial and lateral

Lateral

Moving away from the midsagital

Superficial

Surface level