Soc13

Question 1

What is a joint

Answer 1

A joint is a place where two or more bones meet and allows us for movwment and rotation

Question 2

What are the four different type of joints?

Answer 2

Pivot
Hinge
Ball socket
Condyloid

Question 3

Flexion
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 3

Bending movement that decreases the angle between body parts
Shoulder,hip,elbow
Someone working out in the gym bends their arm up when doing a bicep curl

Question 4

Extension
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 4

Straightening movement that increase the angle between body parts
Shoulder,hip
A swimmer swings the arm bakwards in preparation for a racing dive.

Question 5

Adduction
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 5

Movement that pulls towards the midline of the body
Shoulder, hip
A tennis player serves

Question 6

Circumduction
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 6

Moving in a circular or conical shape
Shoulder,hip
A cricketer bowls a ball

Question 7

Dorsi-flexion
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 7

Bending or flexing the toes up, closer to the shin
Ankle
A sprinter positions their feet in the starting blocks.

Question 8

Plantar-flexion
What is it?
Joints that provide it?
Examples in sport?

Answer 8

Extending or pointing the toes down away from the shin
Ankle
A floor gymnast points their toes