Planes of the Body
The assumed position that the body is in when making a description about any part of the body.
What is the anatomical position?
Long and Tubular; longer than they are wide. Have a shaft/body with an articular surface at both ends.
What are long bones?
Movement away from the midline.
What is abduction?
Collarbone; bridges shoulder-blade and sternum
What is the clavicle?
Join muscle to bone.
What are tendons?
Divides the body into right and left halves; does not run through the midline.
What is the sagittal plane?
Cube-shaped (cuboidal); nearly equal in length and width.
What are short bones?
Movement towards the midline.
What is adduction?
The largest and longest bone of the upper limb. Articulates with the scapula (proximally) and the ulna and radius (distally).
What is the humerus?
Join bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
Divides the body into equal right and left halves; runs through the midline.
What is the median plane (midsagittal plane)?
Have complex shapes and therefore cannot be classified as long, short, or flat bones.
Turning plantar surface of the foot laterally.
Eversion
The bone located in the thigh of the upper leg.
What is the femur?
Covering of ends of bones or between bones.
What is cartilage?
Divides the body into anterior and posterior parts.
What is the coronal/frontal plane?
Develop in tendons and protect them from stress wear and tear. They are small round bones found in hands, knees, and feet.
What are sesamoid bones?
Combination of flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.
What is circumduction?
Largest sesamoid bone; knee cap; between femur and lower limb.
What is the patella?
The area where two bones are attached for the purpose of permitting body parts to move.
What is a joint?
Divides the body into superior and inferior parts.
What is the transverse plane?
Support the body, protection of soft organs, movement due to attached skeletal muscles, storage of minerals and fats, blood cell formation.
What are the functions of bones?
Moving a structure superiorly.
What is elevation?
Two hip bones. Unite posteriorly at the pubic symphysis. Provide strong, stable support for the vertebral column and pelvic organs.
What is the Pelvic Girdle?
Pivot joint, hinge joint, saddle joint, plane joint, condyloid joint, and ball-and-socket joint.
What are synovial joints?