Review

Question 1

Movements in the Sagittal plane occur along which axis?

Answer 1

mediolateral (transverse) axis

Question 2

Movements in the frontal plane occur about which axis?

Answer 2

anteroposterior (or sagittal) axis

Question 3

Movements in the transverse plane occur about which axis?

Answer 3

vertical (or longitudinal axis)

Question 4

What movements happen in the frontal plane?

Answer 4

ABduction, ADduction, Inversion and eversion

Question 5

What movements happen in the sagittal plane?

Answer 5

flexion, extension, dorsiflexion & plantar flexion

Question 6

What movements happen in the transverse plane?

Answer 6

rotation, horizontal abduction and adduction

Question 7

The shoulder joint has how many degrees of freedom?

Answer 7

3

it can move in the frontal, sagittal and transverse planes

Question 8

How many degrees of freedom does the hip joint have?

Answer 8

3

The hip moves in the frontal, sagittal and transverse planes

Question 9

The knee joint has ________ degree of freedom?

Answer 9

1
* knee can only do flexion and extension (saggital plane aroud the mediolateral axis)

Question 10

Lateral flexion and extension occurs in which plane and axis?

Answer 10

frontal plane along the anteroposterior axis

Question 11

Hip flexors

Answer 11

psoas major, illacus, sartorius, TFL

Question 12

Hip extensors

Answer 12

gluteus maximus,

Question 13

Knee extensors

Answer 13

sartorius, quadriceps (rectus femoris, vastus medialus and vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius)

Question 14

knee flexors

Question 15

ABductors of the hip

Answer 15

gluteus medius and minius