Anatomical movements / planes / axes

Question 1

What is inversion?

Answer 1

Inversion is a result of standing on the outer edge of ur foot.

Ankle joint only

Twisting ur ankle

Question 2

What is eversion?

Answer 2

Eversion is the result of standing on the inner edge of your foot.

Ankle joint only

Question 3

What is external rotation?

Answer 3

External rotation is when you turn or twist a body part outward.

Question 4

What is internal rotation?

Answer 4

Internal rotation is when you turn or twist a body part inward towards the middle.

Question 5

What is elevation?

Answer 5

Elevation is moving in an upward direction, such as with the shoulders.

Question 6

What is depression?

Answer 6

Depression is movement in a downward direction.

Question 7

What is circumduction?

Answer 7

Circumduction is a windmill action, a combination movement.

Example: underhand pitch in softball

Question 8

What is the frontal plane?

Answer 8

The frontal plane is vertical and extends from one side of the body to another (coronal).

An example of movement in the frontal plane is when an athlete performs a jumping jack.

• The arms move outward and upward to the sides of the body, and the legs also move sideways, all occurring in the frontal plane, which divides the body into front and back halves.

Question 9

What is the transverse plane?

Answer 9

The transverse plane is horizontal and divides the upper and lower body into segments.

An example of movement in the transverse plane is when a person performs a rotational movement like throwing a baseball.

• As the body rotates around the vertical axis, the torso and shoulders rotate, while the hips remain relatively stable. This movement occurs in the transverse plane, which divides the body into upper and lower halves.

Question 10

What is the sagittal plane?

Answer 10

The sagittal plane is vertical and extends from the front to the back of the body.

Example: A somersault moves in the Sagittal plane and horixontal axis

Question 11

What is the horizontal axis?

Answer 11

The horizontal axis extends from one side to the other side of the body (left to right).

Example: Somersault

Question 12

What is the longitudinal axis?

Answer 12

The longitudinal axis, known as the polar axis, is vertical and runs from head to toe.

Example: doing a spin on ice

Question 13

What is the antero-posterior axis?

Answer 13

The antero-posterior axis extends from the front of the body to the back.

A pole going through the front side to the back side of ur body

Example: is cartwheel is in the antero-posterior axis and in the frontal plane

Question 14

Protraction

Answer 14

Moving in a forward (anterior) direction

Example: Sticking ur chin out

Question 15

Retraction

Answer 15

Moving in a backward (posterior) direction

Example: Pushing shoulders back to squeeze shoulder blades together

Question 16

Opposition

Answer 16

When the thumb comes into contact with another finger

Question 17

Resposition

Answer 17

When the thumb is returned back to the anatomical position

Question 18

Plantar flexsion

Answer 18

Pointing ur toes

Ankle joint only

Example: Tippy toes

Question 19

Dorsifelxion

Answer 19

Bending the ankle to point ur toes toward ur shin

Ankle joint only

Question 20

Supnation

Answer 20

Palm faces upwards

Wrist joint only

Example: Like holding soup (sup); catching a baseball underhand u have to supinate ur wrist.

Question 21

Pronation

Answer 21

palms facing downwards

Dribbling a basketball

Question 22

Aduction

Answer 22

Moving a body part towards the middle (towards ur body)

Question 23

Abduction

Answer 23

Moving a body part to the side and away from ur body