Chapter 3: Movements and bone features Flashcards
Flexion
decreasing sngle
extension
increasing angle - strength
hyper extension
goes beyond what your body can extend to (over 180)
dorsilflexion
when your foot points upward while walking
plantar flexion
toes down - walking
abduction
taken away - fingers apart
adduction
put together - fingers together
supination
placing hands forward
pronation
palm down
rotation
pivot joints (turning head, etc.)
eversion
on the inside of foot (sole pointing out)
inversion
sole pointing in
elevation
shoulders yp
depression
shoulders down
retraction
pull head in
protraction
stick head out
circumduction
all the way in a circle (shoulders)
opposition
thumbs going across (aposable thumbs)
bone features:
give example of:
body
vertebrae
bone features:
give example of:
main part
scapula
bone features:
give example of:
condyle
smooth rounded articular (joining together) surface
whole radius
process
prominent projection
anything sticking out of bone - styloid process
Facet
small, flattened articulate surface
ex. thoracic vertebrae
trochanter
tuberosities on the proximal femur
greater trochanter - muscles are attached to
foramen
hole
foramen magnum (in skull)
canal/meatus
tunnel
ear canal
sinus/labyrinth
cavity
hollow
fossa
depression - hollow part of bone
humerous/scapula
