Types of movement
Bending of the knee is what type of joint movement?
What is flexion
Walking on your heels, what is the joint movement?
What is dorsiflexion
What are synovial joints?
Are joints where the bones articulate with each other within a fluid-filled joint cavity.
What type of joint is at the knee?
What is a hinge joint
What is an agonist?
What is a muscle whose contraction moves a part of the body directly
Straightening the elbow is what type of joint movement?
What is extension
Pointing your toes during a handstand, what is the joint movement in the ankle?
What is plantar flexion
What are the main types of synovial joints?
What are gliding joint, hinge joint, condyloid joint, saddle joint, pivot joint, and ball and socket joint.
What movement is happening at the hip during the upward phase in a straddle jump?
What is abduction
What is an antagonist?
What is a muscle whose action counteracts that of another specified muscle
When bringing your hands up for a dive, what is the joint movement?
What is abduction
Serving a volleyball (underhand), what is the joint movement?
What is supination
Which joints are biaxial?
What are saddle joint, and condyloid joint
What joint type involves the radius and the ulna?
What is the pivot joint
What is reciprocal inhibition?
What is a neuromuscular reflex that inhibits opposing muscles during movement
After kicking a soccer ball into the goal, what is the joint movement?
What is adduction
Preparing for a handspring, what is the joint movement at the forearm?
What is pronation
Which joints are uniaxial?
What is pivot joints, and hinge joints
What are the types of joints involved in skipping?
What are ball and socket joints, hinge joints, and gliding joints
During the down phase of a lunge, which muscle acts as the antagonist?
What is the quadriceps
Doing an arm circle before taking off the diving board, what is the joint movement?
What is circumduction
Backstroke in swimming, what is the joint movement at the shoulder?
What is rotation
Condyloid joints ____.
A. Are a type of ball and socket joint
B. Are a uniaxial joint
C. Include the radiocarpal joint
C. Include the radiocarpal joint
Which joints are involved in throwing a baseball?
What are ball and socket joints, hinge joints, condyloid joints, saddle joints, and gliding joints
During the lowering phase of a chest press, what are the agonist and antagonist pairs?
Agonist= Latissamus dorsi
Antagonist= Pectoral major