Muscles and movements

• Definition: Joint


  A place where two or more bones meet
• Ball and Socket examples


  Shoulder, Hip
• Hinge examples


  Knee, Elbow, Ankle
• Ankle Dorsiflexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Tibialis Anterior/Gastrocnemius + Soleus
• Ankle Plantarflexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Gastrocnemius + Soleus/Tibialis Anterior
• Elbow Flexion: Agonist/Antagnost


  Biceps Brachii/Triceps Brachii
• Elbow Extension: Agonist/Antagonist


  - triceps brachii/Biceps Brachii
• Knee Extension: Agonist/Antagonist


  Rectus Femoris/Bicep Femoris
• Knee Flexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Bicep Femoris/Rectus Femoris
• Shoulder Flexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Anterior Deltoid/Latissimus Dorsi
• Shoulder Extension: Agonist/Antagonist


  Latissimus Dorsi/Anterior Deltoid
• Shoulder Adduction: Agonist/Antagonist


  Latissimus Dorsi+Posterior deltoid/Medial Deltoid
• Shoulder Abduction: Agonist/Antagonist


  Medial Deltoid/Lastissimus Dorsi + Posterior deltoid
• Shoulder Horizontal Flexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Pectorals/Latissimus Dorsi
• Shoulder Horizontal Extension: Agonist/Antagonist


  Latissimus Dorsi/Pectorals
• Hip Flexion: Agonist/Antagonist


  Illiopsoas/Gluteus Maximus
• Hip Extension: Agonist/Antagonist


  Gluteus Maximus/Illiopsoas
• Hip Adduction: Agonist/Antagonist


  Adductor longus/Glutues Medius
• Hip Abduction: Agonist/Antagonist


  Glutues Medius/Adductor Longus
• Agonist


  The muscle that creates the movement
• Antagonist


  Opposes the movement of an agonist by relaxing
• Fixator


  Stabilises the joint
• frontal plane


  Divides the body into front and back portions.
• sagittal plane


  divides body into left and right
• transverse plane


  horizontal division of the body into upper and lower portions
• longitudinal axis


  perpendicular to transverse plane
• transverse axis


  a line running laterally, across the body (from side to side)
• sagittal axis


  point that runs through a joint from front to back