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Planes of Movement
Directions and Positions
Types of Movement
Types of Joints
Trivia
100
Flexion and extension
What are the movements that occur in the Sagittal plane?
100
The structure is further away from the trunk
What is the definition of the anatomical term "Distal"?
100
Plantar flexion
What is the term that refers to the ankle movement that presses the foot towards the floor?
100
Flexion and extension
What is the movement that occurs at a Hinge joint?
100
This occurs when the patient relaxes while the therapist moves the body part/limb.

What is passive movement?

200
Transverse
What is the plane of movement that divides the body in to superior and inferior portions?
200
Closer to the body's surface
What is the anatomical definition for "Superficial"?
200
Supination
What is the movement that takes place when the palm of the hand turns up?
200
Pivot joint
What is the type of joint formed between the first and second vertebrae?
200

This area of the body has the thinnest skin.

What are the eyelids?  (1/500 of an inch)

300
Frontal or coronal
What is the plane of movement that divides the body in to front and back portions?
300
A structure that is closer to the midline
What is the anatomical definition for "Medial"?
300

This movement occurs when the anterior surface of the thigh swings toward the body's midline.

What is medial rotation?

300
Synovial
What is the type of joint that allows for the most movement in the human body?
300

Often regarded as the first experimental scientist, he discovered that blood circulates throughout the body. 

Who is William Harvey?

400
ABduction and ADDuction
What are the movements that occur in the Frontal plane?
400
Proximal and Distal
What are 2 directional anatomic terms that apply only to the arms and legs?
400

Circumduction

What is the term for movement that is a combination of flexion, extension, adduction and abduction and rotation?

400

The hip and shoulder joints are termed as this type of joint.

What are 2 examples of ball and socket joints?

400
This is the largest organ in the human body
What is the Skin?
500
Rotation
What is the movement that occurs in the Transverse plane?
500
Deep
What is the anatomical term for a structure that is situated away from the body's surface?
500
Extension
What is term for the movement that increases the angle of a joint?
500

The carpals are this type of joint.

What is an example of a Gliding Joint?

500
This is the substance in the most inner part of bones
What is Bone Marrow?