Actions of Muscles

1. Abduction – away from the midline
2. Adduction – toward the midline
3. Circumduction – circular motion
4. Depression – act of lowering a body part from a joint
5. Doriflexion – act of pointing the foot upward
6. Elevation – raising a body part from a joint
7. Eversion – turning outward
8. Extension – increase in the angle of a joint
9. Flexion – decrease in the angle of a joint
10.Hyperextension – in the angle of a joint beyond what is normal
11.Inversion – turning inward
12.Plantar flexion – pointing the foot downward
13.Pronation – turning downward or inward
14.Protraction – movement of a body part anteriorly
15.Retraction – movement of a body part posteriorly
16.Rotation – act or process of turning on an axis
17.Supination – act of turning upward or outward