Musculoskeletal system and analysis of movement in physical activity Flashcards
What is a joint?
Where two or more bones meet.
What is a ball and socket joint?
It is formed by the round head of one bone fitting into the cup-shaped capsule of the connecting bone.
It allows movement in every direction.
What are the articulating bones at the shoulder joint?
The humerus and scapula.
What are the articulating bones at the hip?
The pelvis and femur.
What are the articulting bones at the ankle?
The talus, tibia, and fibula.
What are the articulating bones at the knee?
The femur and tibia.
What are the articulating bones at the elbow?
The humerus, ulna, and radius.
What is the sagittal plane?
It divides the body into left and right ‘Sides’.
What is the frontal plane?
It divides the body into front and back halves.
What is the transverse plane?
It divides the body into upper and lower halves / top and bottom.
What are the movements possible in the sagittal plane about a transverse axis?
Flexion and extension.
Plantarflexion and dorsiflexion.
Hyper-extension
What are the movement possible in the frontal plane about a sagittal axis?
Abduction and adduction.
What are the movements possible in the transverse plane about a longitudinal axis?
Rotation
Horizontal abduction and adduction.
What is the transverse axis?
It runs from side to side across the body.
What is the sagittal axis?
It runs from front to back.
What is the longitudinal axis?
It runs from top to bottom.
Which planes pair with which axis?
Sagittal plane - transverse axis.
Frontal plane - sagittal axis.
Transverse plane - longitudinal axis.
How are joints classified?
By how much movement they allow.
What are the three types of joints?
Fibrous - fixed.
Cartilaginous - slightly moveable
Synovial - freely moveable
What is flexion?
Decreasing the angle between the bones of a joint.