Quiz 1 Flashcards
Agonist
Prime Mover
Performs majority of action
Antagonist
Action opposes another muscle
Synergist
Aids and performs same action as prime mover
Stabilizer
Fixes origin of another muscle
not common
Origin
Proximal attachment
Usually doesn’t move
Insertion
Distal attachment
Usually moves
Does insertion move towards or away from origin during contraction?
Towards
Rotation
Turn bone around long axis
What plane does flexion & extension move along?
Sagittal
What plane does lateral flexion move along?
Coronal/Frontal
What plane does rotation move along?
Transverse/Horizontal
Axes & Movement
Makes an angle with axis
What movement makes an angle with the sagittal axis?
Lateral flexion
Abduction
Addiction
What movement makes an angle with the frontal axis?
Flexion
Extension
What movement makes an angle with the longitudinal axis?
Rotation
What are the 3 structural classifications of joints?
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial
S_I_?
F - Fibrous