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Anatomical position, planes of movement and body movements Flashcards

1
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what is the sagittal plane?

A

a plane dividing the body into right and left sections

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What is the midsagittal plane?

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Divides the body equally down the center into right and left halves

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3
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What plane do flexion and extension occur along?

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Sagittal plane

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4
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what two directions relate to a sagittal plane?

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medial and lateral

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5
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What is a frontal plane?

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A plane that divides the body into front and back

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6
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What is another name for a ‘frontal’ plane?

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Coronal plane

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7
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What two directions relate to a frontal plane?

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anterior and posterior

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8
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What movements happen along a frontal plane?

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abduction and adduction

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9
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What is a transverse plane

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a plane that divides the body into top and bottom sections

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10
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what type of movement occurs along the transverse plane?

A

rotation

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11
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what two directions relate to a transverse plane?

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superior and inferior

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12
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What direction does ‘superior’ mean

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closer to the head

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13
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What direction does ‘inferior’ mean?

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Closer to the feet

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14
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What direction does cranial refer to?

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Closer to the head, in reference to the trunk

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15
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what direction does caudal refer to?

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Closer the the tail aka butt, in reference to the trunk

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16
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What direction does posterior mean?

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Towards the back

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17
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What direction does Anterior mean

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toward the front

18
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What direction does medial mean?

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Closer to the midline

19
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What direction does Lateral mean

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Farther from the midline

20
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What direction does distal mean?

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Farther away from the trunk or from the midline. Also farther away from the point of origin

21
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What direction does Proximal mean?

A

Closer to the trunk

22
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What direction does superficial mean?

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Closer to the body’s surface

23
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What direction does deep mean?

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Farther from the body’s surface, deeper in the body

24
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What type of motion is extension?

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A movement that opens up (straightens) a joint or moves two bones away from each other.

25
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What type of motion is flexion?

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A movement that bends a joint or brings two bones closer to each other.

26
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what type of motion is adduction?

A

A movement that brings a limb towards the midline.

27
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What type of motion is abduction?

A

A movement that brings a limb away from the midline.

28
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What is medial rotation?

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Also known as internal rotation, it is rotation that turns the joint in towards the midline.

29
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What is lateral rotation?

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Also known as external rotation, it is rotation that turns the joint away from the midline.

30
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What is rotation?

A

This is rotation that refers only to the axial skeleton, and happens along the transverse plane.

31
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What is circumduction?

A

This is the complex movement possible only at the hips and shoulders. It is composed of flexion, extension,abduction, and adduction.

32
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What is Lateral flexion?

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Lateral flexion is when the head or vertebral column bends from side to side along the frontal plane.

33
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What is supination?

A

Supination is when the hands and/or feet are in anatomical position.

34
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What is pronation?

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Pronation is when the radius and ulna are crossed. (the opposite of supination) Likewise for the feet.

35
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What is inversion?

A

To turn in the sole of the foot medially

36
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What is eversion?

A

To turn out the sole of the foot laterally

37
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What is opposition?

A

When the thumb crosses the palm towards the pinkie

38
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What is plantar flexion

A

Pointing the toes towards the ground

39
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What is dorsiflexion?

A

Lifting the foot away from the earth

40
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What is elevation

A

Superior movement of the scapula or the jaw

41
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What is depression?

A

Inferior movement of the scapula or the jaw

42
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What is deviation?

A

A wandering from the normal course, as in the lateral deviation of the jaw (moving it side to side)

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