Movement is defined as a change in position of the body or body parts. All living beings exhibit some form of movement like blinking, breathing, or eating. As humans grow, their movements become more refined starting from crawling to walking. These movements are enabled by muscles attaching to bones at joints like the elbow and knee. Muscles contract to cause flexion which decreases the joint angle, or extend to increase the joint angle. Common types of movement include flexion, extension, rotation, abduction, adduction, and circumduction which combine multiple movements.

1. SHAZIA REHMAN
Body Movements

2.  Movement is the change in the position of a body
part with respect to the whole body. It is one of
the significant features of all living beings. The
blinking of the eyes, breathing, eating are all
examples of movement. So we can say that every
second some or the other part of our body exhibits
some or other kind of movements.
 The human body movements get polished as we
grow in age. The movement starts from crawling
and with the increase in age the person starts
walking leading to the movement of the whole
organism.
 These movements are possible because of joints
and muscles.

3. Muscles and Body Movements
 Movement in body results when a muscle moves
an attached bone
 Muscles are attached to at least two points
 Origin
 Attachment to a immoveable bone
 Insertion
 Attachment to an movable bone

5. Types of Body Movements
Flexion Extension
 Decreases the angle
of the joint
 Brings two bones
closer together
 Typical of hinge
joints like knee and
elbow
 Opposite of flexion
 Increases angle
between two bones

7. Hyperextension
Hyperexten
sion results
when angle
is > 180 ̊

8. Rotation
Movement of
a bone
around its
longitudinal
axis
Common in
ball-and-
socket joints

9. Abduction
Movement of a limb away
From the midline
Adduction
Opposite of Abduction
Movement of a limb toward
the midline

10. Circumduction
Combination of
flexion, extension,
abduction and
adduction
Common in ball-
and-socket joints

11. Dorsiflexion
Lifting the foot so
that the superior
surface approaches
the shin
Plantar flexion
Depressing the foot
(pointing the toes)

12. Inversion
Turn sole of foot
medially
Eversion
Turn sole of foot
laterally

13. Supination
Forearm rotates
laterally so palm
faces up (anterior)
Pronation
Forearm rotates
medially so palm
faces down (posterior)

14. Opposition
Move thumb
To touch the
tips of other
fingers on
the same hand