Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sagittal Plane, Transverse Plane, Appendicular Skeleton

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2241A/B
• Professor: Thomas Richard Jenkyn

Document Summary

Anatomical position: axes and planes refer to this position, planes odd at the feet because they create a 90 degree angle. Reference frames: need an origin, and then have 3 axes, this can define our neutral or zero point, this is up to you to change, everybody does it differently. Sagittal plane: cut down the middle of the body, left and right of the body split in half, forward and backward flexion of shoulder is this plane, or plantar/dorsiflexion. Transverse plane: cuts you into upper and lower body, any movement staying horizontal. Internal/external movement of the shoulder: sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:858)(cid:374)o(cid:859) with the head. Frontal plane: separates the front and the back of us, abduction of adduction of the arms. Each plane has an axis of rotation: sagittal plane. Axis of rotation is right angles to this plane. Axis attached to sagitcal plance is the mediolateral axis. This is which anything rotates in thie plane. Shoulder is an example: frontal plane.