Types of body movements

• Rotation: Turning or twisting a body part around its own axis
• Circumduction: Circular movement, like waving your arm in a circular motion
• Abduction: Moving a body part away from the body's midline
• Adduction: Bringing a body part closer to the body's midline
• Depression: Moving a body part downward, usually in a straight line
• Elevation: Lifting or moving a body part upward, usually in a straight line
• Flexion: Bending a joint, bringing parts closer
• Extension (and hyperextension): Straightening a joint, moving parts away. Hyperextension is an excessive extension beyond the normal range
• Plantar Flexion: Pointing the toes downward, like when standing on tiptoes
• Dorsiflexion: Lifting the toes upward, bringing the top of the foot toward the shin