Quiz 2 Flashcards
(22 cards)
What plane divides the right and left?
Sagittal plane
What plane divides anterior and posterior?
Frontal (coronal)
What plane divides superior and inferior?
Transverse plane
The 3 axes of motion are each formed by the ______of 2 planes
Junction
What are other names for the cartesian coordinate system ?
Orthogonal or rectangular coordinate system
Movement along a straight line along an axis is known as what?
Translation
Movement occurs around and axis is know as what?
Rotation
What combines rotation and translation and is the most common motion in the body ?
Curvilinear motion (coupled movement)
The potential exists for each joint to exhibit how many translations and rotational movements, constituting what?
3 translational, 3 rotational, “6 degrees of freedom”
The junction of the coronal and transverse planes = ?
X-axis
The junction of the coronal and sagittal planes = ?
Y-axis
The junction of the sagittal and transverse planes = ?
Z-axis
What axis is always horizontal side to side?
X-axis
What axis is always vertical?
Y-axis
What axis is perpendicular to X, front to back?
Z-axis
What is the translocation breakdown of the x axis ?
+ toward left, - toward right
What is the translocation breakdown of the y axis ?
+ toward superior, - toward the inferior
What is the translocation breakdown for the z-axis?
+ toward anterior, - toward posterior
Two motions happening at once is known as what?
Coupled motion
Medicate uses what reference ?
Vertebral body
Palmer/gonstead uses what reference?
Spinous process
National/diversified uses what reference ?
Vertebral body?
