Bones & Joint Actions Flashcards
Dorsiflexion
Decreasing angle of ankle joint (toes lift upward)
Plantarflexion
Increasing angle of ankle joint (toes point downward)
Abduction
Joint movement away from anatomical position in frontal plane (raising arm to side)
Adduction
Joint movement returning to anatomical position in frontal plane from position of abduction (lowering arm from being raised at side)
Protraction
Abduction of scapulae
Retraction
Adduction of scapulae
Inversion
Inward movement of the foot
Eversion
Outward movement of the foot
Horizontal adduction
Humerus moves toward midline of body in transverse plane (pec fly)
Horizontal abduction
Humerus moves away from midline of body in the transverse plane (rear delt fly)
Scapula (11)
- Vertebral border
- Axillary border
- Acromion
- Coracoid process
- Inferior angle
- Superior angle
- Glenoid fossa
- Infraglenoid tubercle
- Supraglenoid tubercle
- Spine
- Root of spine
Humerus (5)
- Head
- Greater tubercle
- Lesser tubercle
- Bicipital groove
- Deltoid tuberosity
Radius (2)
- Radial tuberosity
- Styloid process
Ulna (3)
- Olecranon process
- Coronoid process
- Ulnar tuberosity
3 pelvic bones
- Ilium
- Ischium (lower back)
- Pubis (lower front)
Ilium (6)
- Iliac crest
- Superior gluteal line
- Middle gluteal line
- Inferior gluteal line
- Anterior superior Iliac spine (ASIS)
- Anterior inferior iliac spine (AIIS)
Ischium (1)
- Ischial tuberosity
Name of hip joint
Acetabulum
Femur (6)
- Head
- Greater and lesser trochanters
- Gluteal tuberosity
- Linea aspera
- Medial and lateral epicondyles
- Medial and lateral condyles
Tibia (1)
- Tibial tuberosity
Types of vertebrae
- Cervical (7)
- Thoracic (12)
- Lumbar (5)
- Sacral (5)
- Coccyx (4)