Navigating the Body
What is Kinesiology? Kinesiology = study of movement 1. Bones of the joints 2. Movements at each joint 3. The muscles that produce those movements
Planes, Directions and Positions Planes of Movement Sagittal Frontal Transverse Directions and Positions Superior Inferior Posterior Anterior
Directions and Positions Proximal Distal Medial Lateral Palmar Dorsal Superficial Deep
Movements/Body - Spine and Thorax, Neck Movements of the Body Spine and Thorax (vertebral column) Neck (cervical spine)
Movements/Body - Scapula (scapulothoracic joint)
Movements/Body - Shoulder (glenohumeral joint)
Movements/Body - Elbow and Forearm (humeroulnar and humeroradial joints – elbow, proximal and distal radioulnar joints – forearm)
Movements/Body - Wrist (radiocarpal joint)
Movements/Body - Thumb and Fingers (first carpometacarpal and metacarpophalangeal joints) Fingers (metacarpophalangeal, proximal and distal interphalangeal joints)
Movements/Body - Hip Hip (coxal joint)
Movements/Body - Knee Knee (tibiofemoral joint)
Movements/Body - Ankle, Foot and Toes (talocrural, talotarsal, midtarsal, tarsometatarsal, metatarsophalangeal and interphalangeal joints)
Skeletal System - Anterior Systems of the Body The Skeletal System Text
Skeletal System - Posterior The Skeletal System Text
Types of Joints Types of Joints Ball-and-Socket Joint Ellipsoid Joint Saddle Joint Hinge Joint Gliding Joint Pivot Joint