MOVE IT!!
Direction-ally Challenged
Joints
Bonehead
Planes, no Trains
100

Give it some gas!! This ankle movement causes automobile acceleration.

What is Plantar Flexion?

100

This term references the opposite side of the body.

What is contralateral?

100

This type of joint allows the most range of motion.

What is ball and socket?
100

This type of bone includes your vertebrae.

What is irregular?

100

This plane runs from anterior to posterior, separating it into right and left.

What is sagittal?

200

Sit Down!! This hip movement lets our buttocks make contact with the chair.

What is hip flexion?

200

The elbow is _______to the shoulder

What is distal?

200

This joint type is only found in your thumb.

What is Saddle? 

200

The patella is this type of bone.

What is sesmoid?

200

This plane separates the body into superior and inferior.

What is transverse?

300

GOAL!!!! When David Beckham scores a goal, he kicks the ball by what movement at his knee?

What is Extension?

300

The sternum is __________ to the lungs.

What is anterior or superficial?

300

This joint is only found in the mandible and maxilla.

What is gomphosis?

300
Commonly called a "growth plate", this is the thin plate of cartilage found at the end of long bones.

What is epiphyseal plate?

300

Movement in the sagittal plane is moving on this axis.

What is coronal or frontal?

400

Movement medially, towards the body.

What is Adduction?

400

If I am laying face-down I am in the  ___________ position.

What is prone?

400

The elbow is this type of joint.

What is hinge?

400

This protects bones from wear and tear.

What is hyaline or articular cartilage?

400

Movement in the frontal (coronal) plane is acting on this axis.

What is sagittal?

500

Hands down!! The palm down position of the forearm/wrist.

What is pronation?

500

The knee is ______ to the ankle. 

What is proximal?

500

The sutures of the skull are examples of this joint.

What is synarthorsis?

500

The carpals and tarsals are examples of this bone type.

What is short?

500

This plane divides the from front to back.

What is frontal or coronal?