KinesiologyKinesiology

Chapter 1

What is kinesiology?

• Kines- = ?

• -ology = ?

• Kinesiology = study of movement

1. Bones of the joints

2. Movements at each joint

3. The muscles that produce those movements

Why study kinesiology?

• Effective teaching, training, and coaching

• Credibility

• Knowledge

• Thinking skills

How to study kinesiology

• Daily

• Variety– Class

– Books

– Web sites

• Memorization

• Logic

Anatomical Position

General Anatomical Terms – Directional (pages 3-5)

• Anterior• …in front or in the front part• Deep• …beneath or below the surface• Distal• …situated away from the center or midline of the

body, or away from the point of origin• Dorsal• …relating to the back, posterior• Inferior• …below in relation to another structure• Lateral • …on or to the side; outside

General Anatomical Terms – Directional (pages 3-5)

• Medial• …relating to the middle or the center; nearer to the

medial or midline of the body• Palmar• …relating to the palm aspect of the hand• Posterior• …behind, in back, or in the rear• Proximal• …nearest the trunk of the point of origin• Superficial• …near the surface• Superior• …above in relation to another structure; higher

Planes of Motion

• Sagittal• Frontal• Transverse (Horizontal)

Frontal Plane

Sagittal Plane

• Anterior and posterior movements.

• Passes vertically through the middle of the body, dividing it into left and right halves.– All other sagittal planes run

parallel to this median plane, but do not have to pass through the body's midline (parasagittal).

– The median plane is merely one example of a sagittal plane.

Transverse Plane

• Passes horizontally through the body, dividing it into upper and lower halves or (inferior & superior).

• Movements through this plane will be horizontally (parallel to the ground); usually rotational

Frontal Plane

• Passes through the body from side to side, dividing it into anterior and posterior halves.

• Movements along this plane will be from side to side or (medial and lateral).

Bone Markings (page 10)

• Condyle– large round projection

• Crest– prominent, narrow, ridgelike projection

• Facet– small, flat, or nearly flat surface

• Foramen– rounded hole or opening in bone

• Fossa– hollow, depression or flattened surface

• Head– prominent, rounded projection of the proximal end of a

bone

Bone Markings (page 10)• Line

– ridge of bone less prominent than a crest

• Process– any prominent projection

• Spine– sharp, slender projection

• Trochanter– very large projection

• Tubercle– small rounded projection

• Tuberosity– large round or roughened projection

General Movements (pages 23-27)

•Abduction•Adduction

•Flexion•Extension

•External rotation•Internal rotation

•Horizontal abduction•Horizontal adduction

•Dorsal flexion•Plantar flexion

•Pronation•Supination

•Depression•Elevation

•Eversion•Inversion

Web Sites [pages28-29]

• Eaton Hand Web Site• Hand Kinesiology• University of Washington• Orthospine• eSkeletons.com• Skeletal System PSU• Insitefitness