Soc 21: Planes and Axes of Movement

Question 1

Saggital Plane

Answer 1

The plane that divides the body from top to bottom resulting in a left side and a right side - the range of movement is flexion and extension. Sporting examples : Front Somersault.

Question 2

Frontal Plane

Answer 2

This divides the body from top to bottom vertically but front and back sections - this planes range of movements is abduction and adduction. Sporting examples : Cartwheels.

Question 3

Transverse Plane

Answer 3

Divides the body across the middle (horizontally), giving a top section (known as ‘superior’) and bottom section (known as ‘inferior’). Sporting example: Trampoline Twist

Question 4

How is the saggital plane divided

Answer 4

Vertically (resulting in a left and right side)

Question 5

How is the frontal axis divided

Answer 5

Vertically (resulting in a back and front section)

Question 6

How is the transverse plane divided

Answer 6

Horizontally (resulting in a top and bottom section)

Question 7

What is the range of movement for the saggital plane

Answer 7

Flexion and extension

Question 8

What is the range of movement on the frontal plane

Answer 8

Adductions and abductions

Question 9

What are the range of movements in the transverse plane

Answer 9

Rotation

Question 10

What are the characterisitic of movement for a somersualt

Answer 10

You move foward with your left and right side moing together in the same direction - in the sagittal plane. Your body bends on a line that runs horizontally from side to side - around your frontal axis

Question 11

What are the characterisitics of movement for cartwheels

Answer 11

You move sideways, from right to left or left to right - in the frontal plane. Your body rotates around a line that runs from the front to the back of your body - around your saggital axis

Question 12

What are the characteristics of movement in twist jumps

Answer 12

The key movement is not up or down, or from side to side, but around one spot - in the traverse plane. They twist around an invisible line that runs from head to toe around the vertical axis.

Question 13

What are the characteristics of this type of movement

Answer 13

You move sideways, from right to left or left to right - in the frontal plane
Your body rotates around the line that runs from the front to the back of your body - around your sagittal axis