Paper 1 - Planes And Axis

Question 1

What is a plane?

Answer 1

An imaginary line that splits the body in two and depicts the direction of movement.

Question 2

What are the planes?

Answer 2

Frontal
Transverse
Sagittal

Question 3

What is an axis?

Answer 3

An imaginary straight line through the body around which it rotates.

Question 4

What are the axes?

Answer 4

Sagittal
Transverse
Longitudinal

Question 5

What planes and axes go together?

Answer 5

Frontal plane and sagittal axis

Sagittal plane and transverse axis

Transverse plane and longitudinal axis.

Question 6

What is the frontal plane?

Answer 6

Runs left to right and divides the body into front and back halves.

Question 7

What is the sagittal axis?

Answer 7

Runs horizontally through the body from front to back, though the belly button.

Question 8

What is the sagittal plane?

Answer 8

Runs towards and backward and divides the body into left and right halves.

Question 9

What is the transverse axis?

Answer 9

Runs horizontally through the body from left to right at the hips.

Question 10

What is the transverse plane?

Answer 10

Divides the body in half horizontally.

Question 11

What is the longitudinal axis?

Answer 11

Runs vertically through the body from head to toe.