Planes/Directions
Divides body into anterior/posterior
What is Frontal
To decrease an angle
What is flexion
The humerus is an example of what type of bone?
What is long bone
What percentage of your body weight is muscle?
What is 40%
The elbow is what type of joint
What is a hinge joint
Divides body into right and left sides
What is sagittal?
Increase an angle
What is extension
The vertebra is an example of what type of bone?
What is irregular bone
What is gluteus maximus
What is the most freely mobile synovial joint in the body?
Divides body into superior/inferior
What is transverse
Movement of toes toward ceiling (as in standing on your heals)
What is dorsiflexion
This is what connects bone to bone
What is ligament
This type of muscle is located in the walls of tubular structures and hollow organs such as in the digestive tract, urinary bladder and blood vessels
What is smooth muscles
Touching your thumb to any of your fingers is called what?
What is opposition
What is it called when something is closer to the surface?
What is superficial
Moving a part of the body away from the midline
What is abduction
This bone is commonly known as the Collarbone
What is the Clavicle
Also known as the calf muscle
What is the Gastrocnemius
The type of joint that allows the most range of motion, Highly moveable
What is diarthrosis
This term means closer to the trunk or point of attachment
What is proximal
Turning the soles of the feet outward
What is eversion
This bone is located on the thumb side of the lower arm
What is the radius
This is a type of muscle contraction in which the muscles shorten while generating force, overcoming resistance.
What is Concentric Contractions
An example of this Synovial joint is found between the carpals and tarsals. Also between the vertebrae in the spine.
What is Gliding Joint