Body Systems Terminology, Planes and Axes PDF

TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PTA PROGRAM -- VB CAMPUS PTH 151 - [Unit I Lecture HO \#1] -- **[Body Systems Terminology, Planes and Axes]** [References]: Trail Guide to the Body pg. 20-22; Trail Guide to Movement pg. 54-56; Clinical Mechanics and Kinesiology pg. 5-7 [Learner Objective] - A1. Defi...

TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE PTA PROGRAM -- VB CAMPUS PTH 151 - [Unit I Lecture HO \#1] -- **[Body Systems Terminology, Planes and Axes]** [References]: Trail Guide to the Body pg. 20-22; Trail Guide to Movement pg. 54-56; Clinical Mechanics and Kinesiology pg. 5-7 [Learner Objective] - A1. Define body systems terminology. A2. Identify Body Planes and Axes 7D23: G. Patient/Client Education H. Therapeutic Exercise [Anatomic position] -- the reference position used for describing body positions and movements. - [Location terminology] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [Planes and Axes:] Planes (3): a flat surface that cuts through space; used to describe how body motions are occurring. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Axes (3)]: an imaginary line about which a body part moves. 1. [Sagittal] -- the body is divided into right and left halves by a plane that runs anterior to posterior; a body part moves from anterior to posterior or posterior to anterior (if the sagittal plane occurs directly in the middle of the body dividing it into equal right and left halves it is referred to as the [midsagittal plane]) 2. [Frontal or Coronal] -- the body is divided into anterior and posterior halves by a plane that runs medial to lateral; a body part moves from medial to lateral or lateral to medial. 3. [Transverse or Horizontal] -- the body is divided into upper and lower halves; a body part stays in place and rotates