Body Planes
The vertical plane that passes longitudally through the body, divides the body into left and right halves.
Median Plane/Sagittal Plane
Dislocation
It breaks straight across the bone and has not broken the skin.
Simple fracture
Bending at a joint.
Flexion
The front of the body or body part.
Anterior
What is another name for the Frontal Plane?
Coronal Plane
Injury to a ligament that connects bone to bone.
Sprain
A break that displaces the bone and breaks through the skin.
Compound fracture
Movement of a body part in a circle.
Circumduction
Toward the midline of the midline of the body.
Medial
What plane passes through the body into the superior and inferior portions?
Transverse Plane
The bone is forced out of alignment but then returns to place.
Sublixation
Bending of a bone that causes a partial break, which is common in kids.
Greenstick Fracture
Movement away from the midline.
Abduction
Nearer to the central aspect of a structure.
Proximal
What is the imaginary line that cuts right down the center of your body from head to toe and divides it into left and right halves?
Midline
Total tearing of a ligament causes the most severe instability
Grade 3 Sprain
Shattering of the bone.
Comminuted Fracture
Pulling the foot towards the body.
Dorsi Flexion
superficial/external
What plane divides the plane into EQUAL left and right halves?
Midsagittal Plane
Wearing down of Hyaline Cartilage.
Osteoarthritis
Fracturing caused by a blow or crushing force.
Impacted Fracture
Rotation at a joint that brings the body part toward the body.
Internal rotation
Ventral aspect of the foot.
Plantar