Axes / Planes

Question 1

Anatomical Position

Answer 1

1. Standing erect
2. arms at side and palms up (supinated)
3. Toes flat on the floor and directed fwd

Question 2

Why are palms directed up?

Answer 2

Because radius and ulna need to be parallel

Question 3

Axis means and how many?

Answer 3

Straight line 3

Question 4

Cranio -Caudal axis

Answer 4

Vertical Axis of rotation for medial and lateral rotation

Question 5

Anterior-posterior Axis

Answer 5

dorsal -ventral axis of rotation

axis of roatation for abduction + adduction

Question 6

Left and right axis of rotation

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Answer 6

Transverse axis

axis of rotation for flexion and extension

Question 7

Median (Sagital) Plane

Answer 7

Cranio-caudal Axis + Anterior-posterior axis

**symmetrical

* flexion + extension

Question 8

Parasagital Plane

Answer 8

Vertical plane that passes through the body at right angles to medial plane

** parallel to median

Question 9

Frontal Coronal Plane

Answer 9

Cranio-caudal Axis + right -left axis

movement of adduction and abduction

divides body into ventral + dorsal sections

Question 10

Transverse Plane

Answer 10

divides body into upper and lower portion

formed by left-right axis and anterior-posterio axis

movement= internal/external rotation

( pronation/ supination )

** internal medial rotaion.

**external lateral rotation

Question 11

Radial deviation of the wrist

Answer 11

abduction of wrist

Question 12

Ulnar deviation of the wrist

Answer 12

adduction of the wrist

Question 13

inversion

Answer 13

movement of the foot so that the sole faces in a medial direction

Question 14

eversion

Answer 14

movement of the foot so that the sole faces in a lateral direction

Question 15

dorsiflexion

Answer 15

movement of the ankle joint of the dorsum of the foot towards the anterior surface of the lef or upward

Question 16

plantarflexion

Answer 16

movement at ankle join, of the sole of the foot towards the ground or downward