Plane and Axes
Divides front and back
What is Frontal plane?
This is the study of the body as a machine.
What is Biomechanics?
Motion along a line.
What is pure linear (or translation or translatory motion)?
Toward the back of the body
What is posterior?
What is osteoporosis?
Divides body vertically.
What is Sagittal plane?
Another word for synovial joints.
What are Diarthrosis joints?
A gymnast circling on a bar.
What is angular motion?
Toward the surface of the body.
What is superficial?
Is the first person to experiment with Biomechanics.
Who is Aristotle?
Jumping jacks, soccer side kicks, side stepping, ulnar deviation.
What is movements in the Frontal plane?
Systems in a constant state of motion/consent velocity (or no motion/rest)
What is static?
Jumping over a hurdle.
What is general motion?
Toward the midline of the body
What is medial?
The number of joints in the body?
What is 360?
Medial rotation and lateral rotation.
What is transverse plane?
A.K.A. form or technique.
What is Kinematics of an exercise or sport skill?
A diver doing a somersault.
What is angular motion?
What is inferior?
Studied human muscle and joint function in 15th century Italy.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Imaginary line passing from front to back through the body and around which the frontal plane rotation occurs.
What is sagittal axis?
The study of size, shape and body segment composition which may predispose an athlete to success.
What is Anthropometry?
A special case of general motion involving circular movement of a body segment.
What is circumduction?
What is distal?
In the 19th century, many Europeans were fascinated with extensively studying the biomechanics of this animal?
What are horses?