Planes and Directions
Cuts the body in half into superior and inferior portions
Transverse plane
Decreasing the angle of the elbow or knee is an example of
Flexion
Allows movement in one plane (EX. Knee)
Hinge joint
How many bones in the human body?
206
A Baseball player injures his Lat on his throwing side. The latissimus Dorsi is the prime mover (agonist) for throwing. What is the Anatomical movement of the shoulder that is most affected?
Internal Rotation
Cuts the body down the midline and separates the body into two lateral portions
sagittal plane
In Anatomical position the hips, wrists, elbows and knees are in this position
Saddle Joint
_______________ connects bones to bones, ____________________ connects muscle to bones
Ligaments; Tendons
Shaped roughly as a cube and contains mostly spongy bone
short bone
Cuts the body into anterior and posterior halves
Frontal plane
what is it called when your palms are up toward the sky
supination
The most mobile joint in the body
Ball and Socket Joint
The jaw bone
Mandible
bones that vary in shape and structure
irregular
the opposite of proximal
distal
a combination of all movements in a ball and socket joint that results in a circular movement
Circumduction
These are the sutures of the skull
Immovable joints
spine is made up of
vertebrae
bone with a shaft, two distinct ends, and is longer than it is wide
Long bone
Jumping jacks take place in this plane
frontal
dorsiflexion
This is the joint in the elbow that allows the radius to rotate around the ulna
Pivot joint
thigh bone
Femur
porous, honeycomb like structure also known as "cancellous" bone
Spongy bone