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| Directional terms will ALWAYS be relative to Anatomical Position |
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| Standing upright, feet parallel, palms facing foward |
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| Standing upward, feet parallel, palms facing backward |
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| Closer to the midline or the point of origin |
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| Further away from the midline or toward the termination |
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| An imiginary line dividing the body in half vertically |
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| Referes to the position of one body part to another |
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| pertaining to the opposite side |
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| Pertaining to both sides of the body |
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| Pertaining to the same side |
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| Further benieth the surface |
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Superior to (pertaining to the head)
***will not be tested*** |
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Inferior to (pertaining to the tail)
***will not be tested*** |
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| Relating to the middle or center |
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| Pertaining to the back or posterior |
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| Pertaining to the belly/abdomen |
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| pertaining to the bottom of a structure |
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| pertaining to the palm of the hand |
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| pertaining to the sole of the foot |
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| Imiginary 2-d surface through which a limb or body part would move |
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Anteroposterior - a plane that divides the body into 2 symetrical left to right halves
ex: situps |
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| Lateral/coronal - A plane that divides the body into two halves front and back |
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| Horizontal - a plane that divides the body into two halves top and bottom |
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| An imiginary line perpendicular to the plane of rotation that passes through the center of rotation |
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| Bilateral - parallel to frontal Plane |
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| Parallel to sagittal plane |
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| Vertical axis perpendicluar to transverse plane |
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| Decrease of the angle of a joint; works inversely with extension |
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| Increase in the angle of a joint, works inversely with flexion |
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| Movement away from the midline of the body or structure, works inversely with adduction |
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| Movement toward the midline of the body or structure; works inversely with abduction. |
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| Works in the the sagittal plane and frontal plane. Combination of flexion/extension and abduction/adduction. Movement starts at a still point and you will carve through space a cone shape. |
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| Rotary movement along the SI axis away toward the midline of the body |
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| Rotary movement along the SI axis away from the midline of the body.. |
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| Radioulnar Joint Pronation |
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| Internally roating the radius so that it lies diagonally across the ulna, resulting in a palm-down position. |
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| Externally rotating the radius to where it lies parallel to the ulna, resulting in the palm-up position of the forearm. |
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| The lowering of the shoulder joint |
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| The raising of the shoulder joint |
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| The pushing forward of the shoulder joint |
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| The pulling back of the shoulder joint |
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| Rotary movement of the scapula is the frontal plane with the inferior angle of the scapula moving laterally and upward. |
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| Rotary movement of the scapula in the frontal plane with the inferior angle of the scapula moving medially and downward. Occurs primarily in the return from the upward rotation. The inferior angle may actially move ipward slightly as the scapula continues in extreme downward rotation. |
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| Side to side movement of the torso around the anteroposteriot axis in the frontal plane |
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| Rotation of the head of trunk around the SI Axis. Turning of the head or twisting of the trunk. |
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| Flexion movement of the wrist in the sagittal plane with the volar or anterior side of the hand moving toward the anterior side of the forearm. (Safittal Plane - ML axis) |
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| Extension movement of the wrist in the sagittal plane with the dorsal or posterior side of the hand moving toward the posterior side of the lateral forearm. (Sagittal Plane - ML Axis) |
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| Radial Flexion and Radial Deviation |
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| Adduction movement at the wrist in the frontal plane of the little finger side of the hand toward the medial forearm. (Frontal Plane - AP Axis) |
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| iagonal movement of the thumb across the palmar surface of the hand to make contact with the fingers. |
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| Diagonal movement of the thumb as it returs to teh anatomical position from opposition with the hand and or fingers. |
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| Sagittal Plane Joint Movements |
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Flexion/Extension
Dorsiflexion
Plantarflexion
A/P Pelvic Tilt |
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| Frontal Plane Joint Movements |
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Adbuction/Adduction
Elevation/Depression
Lateral Trunk Flexion
Inversion/Eversion
Upward/Downward Rotation |
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| Transverse Plane Joint Movements |
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SUpination/Pronation
Rotation
Internal/External Rotation
Horizontal Abd/Adduction
Protraction/Retraction
Transverse Pelvic Rotation
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| The movement of bones through plandes around an axis of movement |
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| The movement between the articular surfaces of joints |
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| One Point on an articular surface rotates around one point on another articular surface. |
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| One point on an articular surface comes in contact with a series of points on another surface |
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| A series of points on an articular surface comes in contcat with a series of points on another articular surface. |
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| Prime or primary mover. The muscle most involved during any given joint movement. |
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| Opposing muscle. Opposite of agonist. Should work in cooperation with agonist by relaxing. Performs opposite joint movement of agonist. |
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| Assisting muscles. Works with the agonist to produce the desired motion. Stabilizers (fixators) and Neutralizers (Guiding Muscles) |
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| (Fixators) Stabilize the joint in order for force application and movement to occur. |
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| (Guiding Muscles) Counteract or neutralize the unwanted action of other muscles; resist specific actions of those muscles. |
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| the least moveable attachment |
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| the most moveable attachment |
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| Antagonists relax and lengthen when a agonist contract. |
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| Muscles shorten under tension |
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| Muscles lengthen under tension giving into resistance under control |
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| Muscle contractsbut does not lenthen of shorten |
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| Determines the action of muscle on a joint, need to know the proximal and distal attachment, need to know the possible actions of a joint and the planes through which it moves. |
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| When a muscle has shortened to the point where it cannot shorten anymore and cannot generate or maintain active tension. |
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| When a muscle has strecthed to a point where it cannot lengthen any further and allow additional movement. |
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