ANATOMICAL MOTIONS

Supination / Pronation
Supination [Anterior harap]
o Inversion of foot (paloob motion)
o Dorsiflexion of foot (pataas motion)
o Extension of hand (pataas motion)
o Elevation of shoulders (shrugging- pataas motion)
o Adduction of thumb, knees together, arms to the sides
o Palm outwards/paharap
Pronation [Posterior likod]
o Eversion of foot (palabas motion)
o Plantar flexion of foot (pababa motion)
o Flexion of hand (pababa motion)
o Depression of shoulders (pababa motion)
o Abduction of thumb, legs from the hips during split, arms from the shoulders when raised
o Palm inwards/palikod

ANATOMICAL POSITIONS
Proximal - Distal

Axial/Transverse Plane Coronal/Medial Plane Sagittal/Lateral Plane

Defined axes in vertebrate zoology

Axis

Directional
term

Anteroposterior (rostrocaudal1,craniocaudal1, cephalocaudal2) Anterior

Hea

Posterior

Rea

Dorsal

Back

Ventral

Belly

Left

Left-

Dorsoventral

Left-right (dextro-sinister2, sinistro-dexter2)

(sinister)

Right
(dexter)

Right-hand side

Medial

Centre

Lateral

Left and right

Mediolateral3

Proximal

Point at which appendage joins

the body

Proximal/distal
Distal

Extremity of appendage