Types of Movements, Axial and Appendicular

Question 1

Planes

Answer 1

imaginary flat surfaces that pass through body parts

Question 2

Sagittal Plane

Answer 2

vertical plane that divides the body or an organ into right and left sides

(midsagittal is down the midline and divides into equal sides)

Question 3

Frontal (Coronal) Plane

Answer 3

divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 4

Transverse ( horizontal) plane

Answer 4

divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 5

Oblique plane

Answer 5

passes through the body or an organ at an oblique angle

Question 6

Types of movements at synovial joints

Answer 6

precise terminology to indicate the form of motion, direction of
movement, or the relationship of one body part to another during movement

Question 7

Range of Motion (ROM)

Answer 7

the range, measured in degrees in a circle, through which the bones of
a joint can be moved

Question 8

4 main categories of movements at synovial plane

Answer 8

• gliding
• angular movements
• rotation
• special movements

Question 9

gliding

Answer 9

nearly flat bone surfaces move back-and-forth and side-to-side relative to one another; AC Joint

Question 10

Angular movements

Answer 10

increase or decrease in the angle between articulating bones

Question 11

Flexion/extension

Answer 11

interior or decrease in angle

Question 12

hypertenxsion

Answer 12

continuation of extension beyond anatomical position

Question 13

abduction/adduction

Answer 13

away or toward the midline

Question 14

horizontal abduction/adductive

Answer 14

away or toward the midline in the horizontal plane

Question 15

circumduction

Answer 15

movement of a distal end of a part of the body in a circle

Question 16

rotation

Answer 16

a bone revolves around its own longitudinal
axis

Rotation (head saying “no”)
Medial/lateral rotation (limbs – defined relative to the midline)

Question 17

Special movements

Answer 17

occur only at certain joints

Question 18

Lateral flexion

Answer 18

spine

Question 19

elevation/depression

Answer 19

mandible/scapula

Question 20

protraction/retraction

Answer 20

mandible/scapula

Question 21

upward/downward rotation

Answer 21

scapula

Question 22

inversion/eversion

Answer 22

soles of the feet

Question 23

dorsiflexion/plantar flexion

Answer 23

sagittal flexion

Question 24

Supination/pronation

Answer 24

forearm to be palm forward or palm backward

Question 25

oppositiion

Answer 25

movement of the thumb across the palm to touch the tips of the fingers

Question 26

Skeleton

Answer 26

206 bones

made up of the axial and appendicular skeleton

Question 27

Axial

Answer 27

bones of the torso and midline

80 bones
Skull - cranium (8), face (14)
hyoid (1)
auditory ossicles (6)
vertebral column (26)
sacrum (1)
coccyx (1)
thorax- sternum (1), costal (24)

Question 28

Appendicular

Answer 28

bones of the appendages and bones that attach appendages to the body

126
Shoulder girdles – clavicle (2), scapula (2)
Upper limbs – humerus (2), ulna (2), radius (2), carpals (16), metacarpals (10), phalanges
(28)
Upper limbs – humerus (2), ulna (2), radius (2), carpals (16), metacarpals (10), phalanges
(28)
Lower limbs – femur (2), patella (2), fibula (2), tibia (2), tarsals (14), metatarsals (10),
phalanges (28)