Movemnets Of Joints

Question 1

What is flexion

Answer 1

Angle of a joint decreases

Question 2

What joints does flexion occur at

Answer 2

Hinge
Ball and socket
Condyloid

Question 3

Example in sport for using flexion

Answer 3

Flexion at the knee when a player is preparing to kick a football
The lower part of your leg gets closed to the upper part
As the angle at the joint decreases

Question 4

What is extension

Answer 4

When the angle at the joint increases

Question 5

What joint does extension occur in

Answer 5

Hinge
Ball and socket
Condyloid

Question 6

Example in sport for using extension

Answer 6

At the knee when following through after kicking a football
The lower part of your leg gets further away from the upper part
As the angle at the joint increases

Question 7

What is the main range of movement possible at the knee joint

Answer 7

The range of movement at the knee joint is flexion to extension

Question 8

Identify the joint action needed to bend the batting arm at the elbow to move into position

Answer 8

Flexion

Question 9

What is abduction

Answer 9

The movement of limb away from the midline of the body

Question 10

What is Adduction

Answer 10

The movement of a limb towards the midline of the body

Question 11

What is rotation

Answer 11

When the bone at a joint moves around it’s own axis, so making small a circular movement

Question 12

What is circumduction

Answer 12

Movement in the shape of a cone

360 degree movement

Question 13

What is plantarflexion

Answer 13

The foot moving down when you point your toes

Question 14

What is Doris flexion

Answer 14

Movement of the foot upwards towards the shin

Question 15

What joints does abduction occur at

Answer 15

Ball and socket joints

Question 16

What joints does adduction occur at

Answer 16

Ball and socket

Question 17

What joints does rotation occur at

Answer 17

Ball and socket

Pivot

Question 18

What joints does circumduction occur at

Answer 18

Ball and socket

Condyloid

Question 19

Where does plantar flexion occur

Answer 19

Ankle which is a hinge joint

Question 20

Where does Doris flexion occur

Answer 20

Ankle - hinge joint

Question 21

Abduction example in sport

Answer 21

The shoulder when reaching out sideways to intercept a netball

Question 22

Adduction example in sport

Answer 22

The hip in crossover leg action when throwing a javelin

The leg comes back towards the midline of the body

Question 23

Rotation example in sport

Answer 23

At the shoulder when swimming front-crawl

Question 24

Circumduction example in sport

Answer 24

The shoulder when preforming the butterfly in swimming

Question 25

Plantar flexion example in sport

Answer 25

At the ankle in trampolining for a pencil jump

Or when diving is swimming

Question 26

Example Doris flexion in sport

Answer 26

At the ankle of the leading leg to jump over the hurdle

Question 27

Identify the range of movement at the shoulder during a star jump

Answer 27

Adduction

Abduction

Question 28

Explain how the joint at the ankle in the image shown assists the volleyball player in their sport

Picture is a player jumping with arm reaching to attack ball

Answer 28

Plantar flexion is occurring at the ankle

This will allow player to use her toes to push off from the ground to gain greater height