Movements

Flexion

Decreases the angle of a joint

Extension

increases the angle of a joint

Abduction

Movement away from the midline of the body

Adduction

Movement toward the midline of the body

Circumduction

circular movement around a fixed point

Rotation

CIRCULAR MOVEMENT AROUND AN AXIS

Supination

outward rotation of the wrist

Pronation

Inward rotation of wrist

Inversion

Turning the sole of the foot inward

Eversion

moving the sole of the foot outward at the ankle

Plantarflexion

Ankle movement pointing the foot downward

Dorsiflexion

Backward flexion, as in bending backward either a hand or foot

external rotation

shoulder and hip

internal rotation

shoulder and hip