Topic 2.2- Planes and Axes of Movements Flashcards
What is the definition of a plane?
What is a sagittal plane?
What is a transverse plane?
What are the two parts called in a transverse plane?
What is a frontal plane?
What are the two parts called in a frontal plane?
What is an axis?
What is a frontal axis?
An imaginary flat surface that divides the body
Divides the body from top to bottom
Divides the body through waist
The top is superior and the bottom is inferior
Divides the body from top to bottom
The front is anterior and the back is posterior
Something that rotates around
From side to side.
What is a vertical axis?
What is a sagittal axis?
What can the body do when it moves?
What is the definition of movement analysis?
From top to bottom
From front to back
It can move around more than one axis and through more than one plane
The breakdown of movement into its separate parts and identifying what’s moving.
