Zusammenfassung der Ressource
GCSE PE - 9
- Joint
Movement
- Flexion
- Decreasing
the agle at
a joint.
- Extention
- Increasing the
angle at a joint.
- Adduction
- Movement of
a limb towards
the body.
- Abduction
- Movement of a limb
in a circular or part
circular direction.
- Joint Types
- Fixed
(fibrous) joint.
- Eg. Skull
- Slighty moveable
(cartilagineous) joints.
- Eg. Vertebrae
- Synovial joints or
Freely Moveable.
- Eg. Knee and Elbow
- Synovial Joints
- Ball and Socket
- Movement in all
directions and rotation.
- Eg. Hip and Shoulder
- Hinge
- Movement Flexion
and Extension
- Eg. Knee and Elbow
- Gliding
- Little bit of
movement in
all directions.
- Eg. Tarsals
and Carpals
- Pivot
- Only rotational
at Atlas and
Axis at the top
of your spine.
- Condyloid
- Movement forwards
and backwards, left
to right.
- Eg. Wrists