Muscle Movements Every muscle attached to AT LEAST two points Origin  Attached to immovable or less movable bone Insertion  Attached to movable bone  When muscle contracts, insertion --> origin

Muscle Movements Flexion  Decreases angle of the joint and brings two bones closer together Extension  Opposite of flexion  If greater than 180˚ hypertension

Muscle Movements Abduction  Moving a limb away from midline  Fanning of fingers or toes Adduction  Toward midline

Muscle Movements Rotation  Around longitudinal axis Circumduction  Flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction

Muscle Movements Pronation  Moving the palm from upward-facing to downward-facing Supination  Opposite of pronation

Muscle Movements Inversion  Turning sole of foot so it faces medially Eversion  Turning sole of the foot laterally

Muscle Movements Dorsiflexion  Standing on your heels Plantar flexion  Standing on your toes