Question

While doing "jumping jacks" during an exercise class, your arms and legs move laterally away from the midline of your body. this motion is called ________. while doing "jumping jacks" during an exercise class, your arms and legs move laterally away from the midline of your body. this motion is called ________. adduction circumduction abduction flexion extension?

Answer 1

Answer:

Abduction.

Explanation:

The motion of the body causes the lateral, rotation and oblique movements of the body. The different motions are abduction, adduction, extension, flexion and circumduction.

The abduction may be defined as the movement of the body laterally. The movement causes the body parts away from the midline of the body. Jumping  jacks shows lateral motion away from the midline and hence shows the abduction movement.

Thus, the correct answer is option (3).

Answer 2

While doing "jumping jacks" during an exercise class, your arms and legs move laterally away from the midline of your body. This motion is called abduction. Abduction is the movement of a limb or other part away from the midline of the body.