Question

What movements occur at the hip joint and knees as you bend down to touch your toes?

(a) Flexion at the hip and knee joints
(b) Extension at the hip and knee joints
(c) Abduction at the hip and knee joints
(d) Adduction at the hip and knee joints

Answer 1

When bending down to touch your toes, there is flexion at both the hip joint and the knees, which decreases the angle between the bones of these joints.

Step-by-step explanation:

The movements that occur at the hip and knees when you bend down to touch your toes are flexion at both joints. As you bend forward to reach for your toes, the thigh moves in an anterior direction, which is flexion at the hip joint. At the same time, the bending of the knee to bring the foot closer to the posterior thigh signifies knee flexion. These angular movements decrease the angle between the bones at each of these joints. Neither extension (increasing the joint angle) nor abduction/adduction (moving the limb away from/towards the midline of the body) is involved in this motion.