Chapters 1-4 Flashcards
(34 cards)
prone
face down
supine
face up
angular motion
measure of rotation around an axis
preparation phase
what motion is occurring in _______
execution phase
what is the (body part) movement during the (direction motion)
Follow through phase
what motion is occurring with the spine/trunk
types of bones
long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid
depressions
fossa
openings
meatus
process
tubercle
What may affect movement?
injuries, illness, age, poor flexibility, poor strength, muscle imbalance
ligament
connects bone to bone
types of joints
fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
Planes
saggital, frontal, transverse
Axes
sagittal axis, frontal axis, vertical axis
degrees of freedom
number of planes in which joint can move
uniaxial joint has____ degree of freedom
one
biaxial joint has_____ degrees of freedom
two
triaxial joint has _____ degrees of freedom
three
flexion and extension occurs here
saggital plane
abduction/adduction occurs here
frontal plane
pronation/supination occurs here
transverse plane
all flexion and extension rotates around this
frontal axis
arthrokinematic motion
small amplitude motions of bones at joint surface