Anatomy Muscle Movements

• bending a joint to decrease the angle between two body parts.
• ex: flexing your biceps, putting your fingers into a fist.

• straightening and extending the joint to increase the angle between two body parts.
• ex: extending your legs

• moving a body part away from the body.
• ex: moving your arms laterally away from the body

• moving the body part towards the midline of the body.
• ex: putting your arms by your sides

moving the body part around its axis.

• the proximal end of a limb remains stationary while the distal end moves in a circle
• ex: making your arms form a circle

turning the palm of the hand upwards

movement of the palm of the hand from an upward facing position to a downward facing position

• turning a body part outward
• ex: pointing your toes laterally

• turning a body part inwards
• ex: turning your toes inwards

toes pointed upwards

• toes pointing downwards
• ex: standing on your tiptoes