Body Planes
The plane dividing the body into front/back
What is Frontal Plane
The medical term for front
What is anterior?
The medical term for toward the midline
What is medial
Raising your arm laterally
What is Shoulder Abduction?
Bending over to pick something up
What is the spine flexion?
The plane dividing the body into left & right sides
What is Sagittal?
The medical term for moving away from the head (lower)
What is inferior?
The term for closer to the skin
What is superficial?
Turning your head to the left
What is neck lateral rotation?
Stepping sideways
What is hip abduction?
The plane dividing the body into top & bottom
What is Transverse Plane?
The term for moving from the trunk of the body toward the end of a limb
What is distal
The term for something located more towards the back
What is posterior?
Picking your knee up straight forward
What is hip flexion?
You do this to work out your triceps
What is elbow extension?
The plane which walking takes place within
What is Sagittal?
What is lateral?
The term that describes the hip's location from the ankle
What is proximal?
Turning your forearm so that the palm is facing up
What is supination?
The movement that happens when you fall and injure your wrist
What is wrist extension?
The plane which swinging a baseball bat takes place within
What is Transverse?
This is the term to compare the location of the shin to the calf
What is anterior?
This word describes the heart to the ribs
What is deep?
Turning your arm inwards
What is shoulder medial rotation?
Shrugging your shoulders
What is the scapular (shoulder) elevation?