STUDY MEMORASIATION Flashcards
What does abbduction mean
Taking away from the midline of the body
What does adduction mean?
Movment towards the midline
Flexion
Bending decreasing angle at a joint
Extention
Straight joint
Dorsi flexion
Extending ankle and foot joint
Plantarflexion
Pointig your foot
Pronation
Rolling inwards
Supination
Rolling outwards
What are the three types of muscles
Cardiac Muscle
Visceral/smooth muscle
Skeletal Muscle
Is the cardiac muscle involuntary of voluntary
Involuntary
Are smooth muscles involuntary or voluntary
involuntary
Skeletal muscles volutary or involuntray
voluntray
What do tendons connect
Muscle to bone `
What do facia connnect
Muscle to Muscle
What do the quadtriceps do
Extends the knee,
what are the 4 muscles in the quads
vastus lateralis - vastus medius - vastus intermedius - rectus femoris.
What do the hamstrings do
they bends the knee and extends the hip
What are the three msucles in the hastrings
semimembranosus muscle is closest to midline - semitendinosus - biceps femoris -
What are the 4 functions of the intrinsic muscles of your feet
hold toes firmly on the floor - help propulsion - maintain the arches in your feet - control the shape of the feet.
Is theTibialus anterior responsible for dorsiflexion or plantarfelxion
Dorsiflexion
Is the Gastronemious responsible for dorsiflexion or plantarfelxion
Plantarflexion
Is the soleus responsible for dorsiflexion or plantarfelxion
plantarfelxion
What are the three types of space
Shape, level, direction, dimention
What are the elements of shape
Curved and asymmetrical
Angular and symmetrical
Open Closed
What does dimension mean in terms of space
talking about size, Plane, kinesphere
What are the three planes
Transvertal, sagital, frontal
What is the transvertal sagital and frontal plane
Sagittal - Flexion/extension, forward and backwards
Horizontal/Transverse - Rotation/twisting
Frontal - Lateral movement, abbduction (away from midline), Adduction (towards midline)
What are the muscles purpose
To provide movement for the body
What are the 5 properties of muscles
1 muscles are excitable or irritable
2 They are contractible
3 Extendable
4 Elasticity.
5 Adaptable
How many muscles in the body
600
Vaudville Shows When and what
1880s
Variety show
Performed like a musical
Tap, and a lot of footwork
Tell me about the introduction of the shimmy
1910s
A dance move where body is kept still
Shoulders alternate back and foth
“Flapper girls”
When and what type of dance was the charleston
1920s\
Sassy and rebelious
Body movment linked to the intro of jazz
Tell me about the lindy hop
1920s-1930s
Quite similar to the charleston/ more footwork and partner
Created by GorgeSnowden
Lifts FAST
When and what was Jazz Tap
1930s
Cool more reserved movements
Expressive faces
Movments on the ball of the foot
Who was Shyerly Temple
She was a child star
Jazz tap with singing
Body percussion
Bojangles influence
When did professional jazz dance arise
1940s
Moving away from jazz dance
Now more contemporay and ballet style witha twist.
Trained movie dancers
What was dance in films
1940s
Musicals in hollywood
Borught elegance to dance image
More influence of western culture
What was/what were the chararestics of theatrical jazz dance
1950s
Jerme Robbins
Muscials
Stage dance - was really popualr for the next 30yrs
Body iscolation
Center fo gracity lower
Define aligment
the relationship of the skeleton to the base of support and line of gravity.
Explain the staking of the plumb line
Center of the earlobe
Centyer of shoulder
Centre of the Hip
Midline of the Knee joint
Centre of the Arch of the Foot
Why is it important to know the plum line
Balance - espacially when truning and rises example
Supernation and pronation dont want to hurt yourself
Transefing wieght
What meant by center of gravity
The center of gravity is the point where the body’s mass is concentrated. In dance, this point is typically around the pelvis. Adjusting the center of gravity helps dancers perform various movements, from jumps to turns, with grace and precision.
What is the base of support
The foundation you are spreading your wieght across- like the floor
What are 3 aligment principles
Sternum and pubic bone in line - engages core
Mandible (jaw) parallel to the floor.
Weight should be evenly spread between all toes.
