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level: Synovial Joint Movement

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	flexion; saggital
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	extension; sagittal (can also happen in knee and elbow)
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	abduction; transverse/coronal plane
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	adduction; transverse/coronal plane
What synovial movement is this? What movements does it combine?	circumduction; flexion/extension, abduction/adduction
What synovial movement is this?	medial (internal) rotation
What synovial movement is this?	lateral (external) rotation
What synovial movement causes the palm to turn upward?	supination
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	pronation
What synovial movement is this?	dorsiflexion
What synovial movement is this?	plantar flexion
What synovial movement is this? What plane?	inversion
What synovial movement is this?	eversion
What synovial movement is this?	protraction
What synovial movement is this?	retraction
What synovial movement is this?	depression
What synovial movement is this?	elevation
Describe excursion	in the mandible; move side to side
What synovial movement is this?	opposition
What synovial movement is this?	reposition