Midterm Flashcards
Fibrous joint
Little or no movement
Cartilaginous joint
Slightly moveable
Synovial joint
Freely moveable
4 planes
mid-saggital, saggital, frontal, transverse
3 axis of movement
Horizontal, longitudinal, anteroposterior
Flexion and extension
Increasing or decreasing an angle
saggital plane
Plantar flexion and dorsiflexion
Increasing or decreasing angle of the foot
Plantar= increasing angle
dorsi= decreasing angle
sagittal plane
Abduction and adduction
Abduction - moving away from median plane
Adduction - moving towards median plane
frontal plane
Lateral Flexion
abduction of the trunk
frontal plane
Medial and Lateral Rotation
structure moving away and towards median plane
transverse plane
Pronation and supination
transverse plane
Eversion and inversion
Eversion - ankle pronation
Inversion - sole faces medially
frontal plane
Elevation and depression
Shoulder shrugs
frontal plane
Uniaxial joints (movement in one plane)
hinge - flexion and extension (elbow and knee)
Pivot - Rotation around axis (Medial-atlanto axial joint)
Biaxial (movement in two planes)
Condyloid - circumduction (knuckle joints)
Saddle - circumduction (joint at base of thumb)