Muscles
Attaches a muscle to a bone
What is a Tendon
Produce movement and changes in muscle length
Attaches bone to bone
Flexion of the shoulder
What is the sagittal plane
The foot is _____ to the knee
What is distal
The amount of material displacement (changes shape) under stress
What is Strain
Produces no joint movement and no muscle length change
What is isometric
Permits only flexion and extension around a single axis
What is a Hinge Joint
Ulnar deviation of the wrist
What is the frontal plane
The chest is _____ to the back
What is anterior?
The ability of a muscle to stretch
What is Elasticity
Produces joint changes by muscle length shortening
What is concentric
Is composed of convex and concave articulating surfaces and allows movement in two planes.
What is a saddle joint
Trunk rotation
What is the Transverse plane
The radius is _____ to the ulna
Generates the most force to produce movement
What is the agonist
Produces joint changes by muscle length elongating
Eccentric
Is two flat surfaces that glide on one another, linear movement.
What is a Gliding joint/Planar joint
Finger abduction
The head is _____ to the hip
What is Superior
Has fibers that are oblique in relation to a central tendon and are capable of producing large forces
The type of contraction occurring in the Biceps muscle when someone is lowering a cup out of an overhead cabinet.
What is eccentric
Refers to the number of axes around which a joint moves
What is Degrees of Freedom
Thumb abduction
What is the Sagittal plane
The opposite side of the body
What is contralateral