DIRECTIONAL TERMS
JOINT MOVEMENTS
JOINTS OF THE BODY
PLANES OF THE BODY
MISCELLANEOUS
100

The head is _________________ to the chest. 

Superior

100

bending your elbow from a straight to bent position is:

Flexion
100
The shoulder and hip are examples of which type of joints?

Ball and socket

100

This plane divides the body into left and right?

Sagittal Plane

100

The ceiling is ________ to the floor

Superior.

200

The fingers are ________________ to the elbow.

Distal.
200

Making a snow angel would be an example of which two movement terms

Abduction/adduction

200

The knee is an example of a ___________ joint.

Hinge

200

This plane divides the body into front and back.

Coronal plane.

200

My shin is on the ______________ side of my lower leg

Anterior

300

The naval (belly button) is _____________ to the hips.

Medial

300
Shaking my head as we traditionally do when saying "no" would be an example of:
Rotation
300

What 4 joints of the upper body?

Shoulder, wrist, elbow, fingers

300

This plane divides the body into top and bottom

The Horizontal or transverse plane. 

300

The joints that move in the body are referred to as _______________ joints.  

synovial.  

400

Raising my arms from at my sides to over my head, would be moving my arms _________________

Laterally

400

When kicking a soccer ball, the knee moves into full____________:

Extension

400

What are 4 joints of the lower body?

Hip, Knee, Ankle, Toes.

400

While moving forward and backward, which plane of the body is the motion happening?

Sagittal. 

400

Name two types of hinge joints in the body

elbow, knee, fingers, toes. 

500

My elbow is more ___________ to my shoulder than my wrist.   

Proximal.
500

Moving my arms away from the midline of my body is an example of:

Abduction.  

500

Which type of joint is the wrist? 

Condyloid joint.  

500

Standing with hands on hips and twisting side to side is motion happening in which plane of the body?

Transverse or horizontal plane. 

500

while keeping both elbows flexed, abduct and adduct your arms.  What does this look like?

A chicken.

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