week 1 Body Regions, planes, directions, positions and movement Flashcards
1
Q
Pectoral
A
upper chest
2
Q
Axillary
A
arm pit
3
Q
Brachial
A
above inner elbow, where you take blood pressure
4
Q
cubital
A
elbow
5
Q
abdominal
A
stomach “abs”
6
Q
Inguinal
A
“tummy pooch” b/w hip bones
7
Q
Pubic
A
low in the nether regions
8
Q
femoral
A
upper thigh, femur
9
Q
facial
A
face
10
Q
mandibular
A
lower jaw
11
Q
supraclavicular
A
above the clavicle
12
Q
antecubital
A
inner elbow
13
Q
patellar
A
knee cap
14
Q
Crural
A
shin
15
Q
cranial
A
skull
16
Q
cervical
A
neck all around
17
Q
scapular
A
shoulder blade “wings”
18
Q
Thoracic
A
upper spine in between shoulder blades
19
Q
Lumbar
A
Lower Back
20
Q
pelvic
A
hip area all around
21
Q
Sural
A
calf
22
Q
gluteal
A
butt
23
Q
popliteal
A
behind the knee
24
Q
what are the three planes.
A
sagittal, transverse, frontal
25
Sagittal
divides left and right
26
transverse
divides top and bottom
27
frontal
divides front and back
28
Superior/ cranial
above
29
inferior/ caudal
below
30
posterior
behind
31
anterior
in front
32
proximal
closer to
33
distal
farther from
34
medial
closer to middle
35
lateral
away from mid line
36
superficial
shallow, towards surface
37
deep
away from suface
38
Abduction vs Adduction
ab= away
add= towards body
example: arms up=ab, arms toward side=add
39
Circumduction
movement around. mainly hips and shoulders
40
dorsiflexion vs plantar flexion
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dorsi= foot bend up (letting off gas pedal)
Plantar= planting foot down (pushing down on gas pedal)
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41
extension vs flexion
ex= straighten
flex= bend
example bend and flex arm at elbow
42
lateral flexion
bending neck or hips
| example rainbow pose for yoga
