Other Types of Movement

Circumduction Circumduction is the movement of the hips and shoulders. Other Types of Movement Other types of movement generally used to indicate specific anatomical positions include the following: � Supination—turning upward, as in placing the palm of the hand up. � Pronation—turning downward, as in placing the palm of the hand down. � Eversion—turning outward, as in turning the sole of the foot to the outside. � Inversion—turning inward, as in turning the sole of the foot inward. MUSCLES LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Identify primary muscle functions, muscle characteristics, types of muscle tissue, and important functional muscles. Muscles are responsible for many different types of body movements. The action of the muscle is 1-17 PIVOT JOINT COXAL BONE HEAD OF FEMUR IN ACETABULUM FEMUR BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT CONDYLOID JOINT METACARPAL PHALANX GLIDING JOINT CARPALS RADIUS ULNA HUMERUS HINGE JOINT ODONTOID PROCESS TRANSVERSE LIGAMENT ATLAS FIRST METACARPAL TRAPEZIUM SADDLE JOINT HM3F0127 A B C D E F Figure 1-27.—Types of joints: A. Ball-in-socket joint; B. Condyloid joint; C. Gliding joint; D. Hinge joint; E. Pivot joint; F. Saddle joint.