Planes of the Body and Motion

Question 1

Sagittal Plane

Answer 1

Cutting the midline. Back and Forth motion.

Question 2

Frontal Plane

Answer 2

Imagine a window in front of you, or a mirror. A flat surface in front of you.

Question 3

Transverse Plane (Horizontal Plane)

Answer 3

Cuts you Hamburger style. Think rotating the spine.

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

Front of the body.

Question 5

Posterior

Answer 5

Back of the body.

Question 6

Flexion

Answer 6

Brings to front parts of the body closer together. (Forward Fold, Bicep curls) (except for knees, ankles, toes)

Question 7

Extension

Answer 7

Opposite of Flexion (Unfolding the hip crease, uncurling the biceps) (except for knees, ankles, toes)

Question 8

Rotation

Answer 8

Twisting or Turning of a body part about an axis

Question 9

Internal Rotation

Answer 9

Moving toward the anterior portion of the body

Question 10

External Rotation

Answer 10

Moving toward the posterior portion of the body

Question 11

Supination

Answer 11

Rotation (Scooping up, like you’re holding soup.)

Question 12

Pronation

Answer 12

Rotation (“Pournation”, like you’re pouring the soup out.)

Question 13

Protraction of Scapula

Answer 13

Specific term for internally rotating the shoulder blades away from each other

Question 14

Retraction of Scapula

Answer 14

Specific term for externally rotating the shoulder blades towards each other

Question 15

Elevation of Scapula

Answer 15

Shoulder Blades go up

Question 16

Depression of Scapula

Answer 16

Shoulder Blades go down

Question 17

Superior

Answer 17

Above

Question 18

Inferior

Answer 18

Below

Question 19

Proximal

Answer 19

Moving closer to the center of the body

Question 20

Distal

Answer 20

Moving further from the center of the body

Question 21

Medial

Answer 21

Toward the Midline

Question 22

Lateral

Answer 22

Away form the Midline

Question 23

Abduct

Answer 23

To move laterally away from the midline

Question 24

Adduct

Answer 24

To move medially toward the midline