Ch1 - NAVIGATING THE BODY Flashcards
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PLANES OF MOVEMENT
SAGITAL
FRONTAL (OR CORONAL)
TRANSVERSE
SAGITAL PLANE
Divides the body into left and right halves.
Descriptive terms medial and lateral correlate to the sagital plane.
Flexion and extension occur alongside this plane.
Frontal (coronal) Plane
divides the body into front and back halves.
Descriptive terms anterior and posterior relate to frontal plane.
The actions adduction and abduction happen alongside this plane
Transverse plane
Divies the body into upper and lower halves.
Descriptive terms superior and inferior refer to the transfers plane.
Rotation happens within this plane
Cranial & Caudal
closer to the head & closer to the buttocks
Extension
Movement that straightens or opens a joint
takes place alongside sagital plane
Flexion
movement that bends a joint or brings the bones closer together.
Adduction
brings a limb medially toward the bodys midline
Abduction
Moves a limb laterally away from the midline.
Medial rotation
Internal rotation
occurs at the shoulder and hip joints. Limbs turn in toward the midline.
Lateral rotation
external rotation
occurs at the shoulder and hip joints. Limbs turn in outward away from the midline
Rotation
pertains only to the axial skeleton, specifically head and vertebral column.
Happens along transverse plane
Circumduction
Possible only at the shoulder and hip joints.
A combination of flexion extension adduction and abduction. Creates a cone shaped movement.
lateral flexion
occurs only at te axial skeleton.
when the neck or vertebral column bends laterally to the side.
Elevation & Depression
Movement of the jaw and scapula
Elevation is movement superiorly
Depression is movement inferiorly
Supination
The pivoting action of the forearm. (and the feet)
Palm up, (carrying a bowl of soup.) Occurs when the radius and ulna lie parallel to one another
Pronation
The pivoting action of the forearm. (and the feet)
Palm down (prone to spill it) Occurs when te radius crosses over the ulna
Fossa
shallow depression
supinate
bent backward
pronate
bent forward
Inversion & Eversion
Occur as a combination of movements of several joints of the feet.
Inversion the foot turns elevating the foots medial side, bringing the sole of the foot medially.
Eversion turns the foot out, elevates the lateral side and moves the sole laterally
Plantar and dorsiflexion
Refer only to movement at the ankle. Plantar is performed by moving the ankle to point the foot into the earth, or stepping on a gas pedal.
Dorsiflexion is the opppsite
Protraction & Retraction
Pertain to the scapula, clavicle, head, and jaw.
Protraction (protrude), occurs when one of these structures moves anteriorly.
Retraction (retreate) is movement posteriorly
Deviation
means to wander from the usual course. Lateral deviation aoccurs at the mandible during talking or chewing.