Anatomy & Physiology › Section H · Joints › Topic H.3
Types of body movements
Anatomists describe every movement of the body with a small set of paired terms, each defined from anatomical position. Learn the pairs and you can describe any action, from a handshake to a sprint start, precisely enough for a colleague to picture it.
In this topic
- Describing movement from a fixed start
- Flexion and extension
- Abduction, adduction and circumduction
- Rotation
- Supination and pronation
- Movements of the foot
- Special movements of jaw, shoulder and thumb
- Worked example: lifting a cup to drink
- Worked example: one stride of running
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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