Body Movements
The action of pointing your toes is called ?
This movement occurs in the transverse plane.
The term means "toward the rear of the body."
What is posterior?
This body region is found on the underside of the foot.
What is the plantar region?
This movement occurs when you move your arms away from the midline of the body.
the sagittal plane divides the body into these two sides.
What are left and right sides?
The lungs are in this relation to the heart.
This body region is found on the back of the neck.
What is the cervical region?
Opening a door by twisting a doorknob uses these two movements.
This axis runs from the top of the head to the feet.
What is the longitudinal axis?
The elbow is in this relation to the shoulder.
The lumbar region is located in this part of the body.
What is the lower back?
Increasing the angle between two body segments is called this.
The anterior-posterior axis is perpendicular to this plane.
What is the frontal plane?
The tibia is in this relation to the femur.
What is distal?
The palmar region refers to this body part.
What is the palm of the hand?
Opening your mouth is an example of this movement.
The medial-lateral axis is perpendicular to this plane.
What is the sagittal plane?
The mandible is in this relation to the clavicle.
What is inferior?
The crural region refers to this body part.
What is the lower leg?